⁸ Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

²⁰ Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

¹ My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,

² To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.

¹ Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.

² For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.

³ For, a son I have been to my father -- tender, And an only one before my mother.

⁴ And he directeth me, and he saith to me: `Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.

¹ My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,

²⁵ If a man sin against a man, then hath God judged him; but if against Jehovah a man sin, who doth pray for him?' and they hearken not to the voice of their father, though Jehovah hath delighted to put them to death.

⁵ taking remembrance of the unfeigned faith that is in thee, that dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that also in thee.

²² And Jesus having turned about, and having seen her, said, `Be of good courage, daughter, thy faith hath saved thee,' and the woman was saved from that hour.

² and lo, they were bringing to him a paralytic, laid upon a couch, and Jesus having seen their faith, said to the paralytic, `Be of good courage, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

¹ Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him:

¹⁷ An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

¹ My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.

¹ My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

¹⁵ My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,

¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.

¹⁸ `When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious -- he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them --

¹⁹ then laid hold on him have his father and his mother, and they have brought him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place,

²⁰ and have said unto the elders of his city, Our son -- this one -- is apostatizing and rebellious; he is not hearkening to our voice -- a glutton and drunkard;

²¹ and all the men of his city have stoned him with stones, and he hath died, and thou hast put away the evil out of thy midst, and all Israel do hear and fear.

³ `Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I `am' Jehovah your God.