^8 (A)Hear, my son, your father’s discipline
And ^(B)do not abandon your mother’s ^[a]instruction;
⁹ For they are a ^(C)garland of grace for your head
And ^[b](D)ornaments about your neck.

4 Hear, O sons, the ^(A)discipline of a father,
And ^(B)pay attention that you may know understanding,
² For I give you ^[a]sound ^(C)learning;
^(D)Do not forsake my ^[b]instruction.
³ When I was a son to my father,
^(E)Tender and ^(F)the only son before my mother,
⁴ Then he ^(G)instructed 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.