⁸ My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

2 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

3 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

4 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

5 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

6 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

7 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

²⁷ Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

¹⁷ Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

²⁶ My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

²⁷ For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

²⁸ She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.