⁸ My child,^[a] listen when your father corrects you.
    Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
⁹ What you learn from them will crown you with grace
    and be a chain of honor around your neck.

4 My children,^[a] listen when your father corrects you.
    Pay attention and learn good judgment,
² for I am giving you good guidance.
    Don’t turn away from my instructions.
³ For I, too, was once my father’s son,
    tenderly loved as my mother’s only child.