¹ Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;

⁸ My son, listen to your father's instruction, And don't forsake your mother's teaching:

¹¹ Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

¹ Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.

¹¹ As you know how we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,

¹² to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.

¹⁷ Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.

²⁰ Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter end.

³² "Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, For blessed are those who keep my ways.

³³ Hear instruction, and be wise. Don't refuse it.

³⁴ Blessed is the man who hears me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my door posts.

³⁵ For whoever finds me, finds life, And will obtain favor from Yahweh.

³⁶ But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death."

⁴ Tell wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your relative,

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

²¹ Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

²² When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

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

¹ My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:

¹ My son, if you will receive my words, And store up my commandments within you;

² So as to turn your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding;

³ Yes, if you call out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding;

⁴ If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures:

⁵ Then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, And find the knowledge of God.