^{20 Ref} My son, keep your father's commandment, And don't forsake your mother's teaching.

^{21 Ref} Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

^{22 Ref} When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

^{23 Ref} For the commandment is a lamp, And the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

^{24 Ref} To keep you from the immoral woman, From the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.

^{20 Ref} My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

^{21 Ref} Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.

^{22 Ref} In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.

^{23 Ref} For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.

^{24 Ref} They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.