Proverbs 1:5-9

Revised Standard Version

⁵ the wise man also may hear and increase in learning,
    and the man of understanding acquire skill,
⁶ to understand a proverb and a figure,
    the words of the wise and their riddles.

⁸ Hear, my son, your father’s instruction,
    and reject not your mother’s teaching;
⁹ for they are a fair garland for your head,
    and pendants for your neck.