My son, give me your heart and let your eyes keep to my ways—a father's plea for his son's full attention and allegiance, establishing that formation requires not mere compliance but committed heart. The parallelism 'give me your heart, eyes keep to my ways' suggests both internal (heart) and external (eyes/observation) attention. The theological significance involves the principle that learning requires wholehearted attention.

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