⁷ And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.

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

²¹ My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,

²¹ Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.

²⁴ And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.

³² And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.

³³ Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.

³⁴ O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.

³⁵ For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

³⁶ And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!

¹⁷ Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,

¹⁸ For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.

¹⁹ That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I caused thee to know to-day, even thou.

²⁰ Have I not written to thee three times With counsels and knowledge?

²¹ To cause thee to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending thee.

²⁵ See, may ye not refuse him who is speaking, for if those did not escape who refused him who upon earth was divinely speaking -- much less we who do turn away from him who `speaketh' from heaven,