^8 (A)Hear, my son, your father’s instruction
And ^(B)do not forsake your mother’s teaching;
⁹ Indeed, they are a ^(C)graceful wreath to your head
And ^[a](D)ornaments about your neck.

4 Hear, O sons, the ^(A)instruction of a father,
And ^(B)give attention that you may ^[a]gain understanding,
² For I give you ^[b]sound ^(C)teaching;
^(D)Do not abandon my ^[c]instruction.
³ When I was a son to my father,
^(E)Tender and ^(F)the only son in the sight of my mother,
⁴ Then he ^(G)taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart ^(H)hold fast my words;
^(I)Keep my commandments and live;

^(B)A wise son makes a father glad,
But ^(C)a foolish son is a grief to his mother.