²⁰ My child, keep your father’s commandment,
    and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.^(A)
21 Bind them upon your heart always;
    tie them around your neck.^(B)
22 When you walk, they^[a] will lead you;
    when you lie down, they^[b] will watch over you;
    and when you awake, they^[c] will talk with you.^(C)
23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,
    and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,^(D)

¹¹ Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
    in keeping them there is great reward.^(A)

¹⁰ To whom shall I speak and give warning,
    that they may hear?
See, their ears are closed;^[a]
    they cannot listen.
The word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn;
    they take no pleasure in it.^(A)