^8 (A)Hear, my son, your father's instruction,
    and forsake not your mother's teaching,
⁹ for they are ^(B)a graceful garland for your head
    and ^(C)pendants for your neck.

^20 (A)My son, keep your father's commandment,
    ^(B)and forsake not your mother's teaching.
^21 (C)Bind them on your heart always;
    ^(D)tie them around your neck.
^22 (E)When you walk, they^[a] will lead you;
    ^(F)when you lie down, they will ^(G)watch over you;
    and when you awake, they will talk with you.
²³ For the commandment is ^(H)a lamp and the teaching a light,
    and the ^(I)reproofs of discipline are the way of life,