13 A wise son hears his father's instruction,
    but ^(A)a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

^5 (A)A fool ^(B)despises his father's instruction,
    but ^(C)whoever heeds reproof is prudent.

^20 (A)A wise son makes a glad father,
    but a foolish man despises his mother.

4 ^(A)Hear, O sons, a father's instruction,
    and be attentive, that you may ^(B)gain^[a] insight,
² for I give you good ^(C)precepts;
    do not forsake my teaching.
³ When I was a son with my father,
    ^(D)tender, ^(E)the only one in the sight of my mother,
⁴ he ^(F)taught me and said to me,
^(G)“Let your heart hold fast my words;
    ^(H)keep my commandments, and live.
^5 (I)Get wisdom; get ^(J)insight;
    do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
⁶ Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;
    ^(K)love her, and she will guard you.
^7 (L)The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom,
    and whatever you get, get ^(M)insight.
⁸ Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;
    she will ^(N)honor you ^(O)if you embrace her.
⁹ She will place on your head ^(P)a graceful garland;
    she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”

¹⁴ Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you ^(A)scoffers,
    who rule this people in Jerusalem!
¹⁵ Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
    and with Sheol we have an agreement,
when the ^(B)overwhelming whip passes through
    it will not come to us,
for we have made ^(C)lies our refuge,
    and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;