3 ^(A)My son, do not forget my teaching,
    ^(B)but let your heart keep my commandments,
² for ^(C)length of days and years of life
    and ^(D)peace they will add to you.

^8 (A)The wise of heart will receive commandments,
    but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

^15 (A)The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
    but a wise man listens to advice.

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

¹³ Whoever ^(A)despises ^(B)the word^[a] brings destruction on himself,
    but he who reveres the commandment^[b] will be ^(C)rewarded.

^31 (A)The ear that listens to ^(B)life-giving reproof
    will dwell among the wise.

¹⁰ A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding
    than a hundred blows into a fool.

¹⁶ Whoever ^(A)keeps the commandment keeps his life;
    he who despises his ways will die.