⁸ My son, listen to your father’s advice.
    Don’t turn away from your mother’s teaching.
⁹ What they teach you will be like a beautiful crown on your head.
    It will be like a chain to decorate your neck.

4 My sons, listen to a father’s teaching.
    Pay attention and gain understanding.
² I give you good advice.
    So don’t turn away from what I teach you.
³ I, too, was once a young boy in my father’s house.
    And my mother loved me deeply.
⁴ Then my father taught me.
    He said to me, “Take hold of my words with all your heart.
    Keep my commands, and you will live.