Proverbs 1:2-9

Revised Standard Version

² That men may know wisdom and instruction,
    understand words of insight,
³ receive instruction in wise dealing,
    righteousness, justice, and equity;
⁴ that prudence may be given to the simple,
    knowledge and discretion to the youth—
⁵ the wise man also may hear and increase in learning,
    and the man of understanding acquire skill,
⁶ to understand a proverb and a figure,
    the words of the wise and their riddles.

⁸ Hear, my son, your father’s instruction,
    and reject not your mother’s teaching;
⁹ for they are a fair garland for your head,
    and pendants for your neck.