⁸ My son,
listen to your father’s discipline,
and do not neglect your mother’s teachings,
⁹ because discipline and teachings
are a graceful garland on your head
and a ⌞golden⌟ chain around your neck.

3 My son,
do not forget my teachings,
and keep my commands in mind,
² because they will bring you
long life, good years, and peace.

4 Sons,
listen to ⌞your⌟ father’s discipline,
and pay attention in order to gain understanding.
² After all, I have taught you well.
Do not abandon my teachings.
³ When I was a boy ⌞learning⌟ from my father,
when I was a tender and only child of my mother,
⁴ they used to teach me and say to me,
“Cling to my words wholeheartedly.
Obey my commands so that you may live.
⁵ Acquire wisdom.
Acquire understanding.
Do not forget.
Do not turn away from the words that I have spoken.
⁶ Do not abandon wisdom, and it will watch over you.
Love wisdom, and it will protect you.
⁷ The beginning of wisdom is to acquire wisdom.
Acquire understanding with all that you have.
⁸ Cherish wisdom.
It will raise you up.
It will bring you honor when you embrace it.
⁹ It will give you a graceful garland for your head.
It will hand you a beautiful crown.”

¹⁰ My son,
listen and accept my words,
and they will multiply the years of your life.
¹¹ I have taught you the way of wisdom.
I have guided you along decent paths.
¹² When you walk, your stride will not be hampered.
Even if you run, you will not stumble.

²⁰ My son,
pay attention to my words.
Open your ears to what I say.
²¹ Do not lose sight of these things.
Keep them deep within your heart
²² because they are life to those who find them
and they heal the whole body.

5 My son,
pay attention to my wisdom.
Open your ears to my understanding
² so that you may act with foresight
and speak with insight.

²⁰ My son,
obey the command of your father,
and do not disregard the teachings of your mother.
²¹ Fasten them on your heart forever.
Hang them around your neck.
²² When you walk around, they will lead you.
When you lie down, they will watch over you.
When you wake up, they will talk to you
²³ because the command is a lamp,
the teachings are a light,
and the warnings from discipline are the path of life

7 My son,
pay attention to my words.
Treasure my commands that are within you.
² Obey my commands so that you may live.
Follow my teachings just as you protect the pupil of your eye.
³ Tie them on your fingers.
Write them on the tablet of your heart.

¹⁷ Whoever practices discipline is on the way to life,
but whoever ignores a warning strays.

¹⁶ Whoever obeys the law preserves his life,
⌞but⌟ whoever despises the Lord’s ways will be put to death.