⁸ Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction;
    don’t neglect your mother’s teaching;
⁹         for they are a graceful wreath on your head,
        and beads for your neck.

3 My son, don’t forget my instruction.
    Let your heart guard my commands,
²     because they will help you live a long time
    and provide you with well-being.

4 Hear, children, fatherly instruction;
    pay attention to gain understanding.
² I’ll teach you well.
    Don’t abandon my instruction.
³ When I was a son to my father,
    tender and my mother’s favorite,
⁴     he taught me and said to me:
“Let your heart hold on to my words:
    Keep my commands and live.

10 The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise child makes a father glad,
    but a foolish child brings sorrow to his mother.