^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,

²⁹ Whoever ^(A)troubles his own household will ^(B)inherit the wind,
    and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

13 A wise son hears his father's instruction,
    but ^(A)a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

^5 (A)A fool ^(B)despises his father's instruction,
    but ^(C)whoever heeds reproof is prudent.

^20 (A)A wise son makes a glad father,
    but a foolish man despises his mother.

^6 (A)Grandchildren are ^(B)the crown of the aged,
    and the glory of children is their fathers.

^17 (A)A friend loves at all times,
    and a brother is born for adversity.