Proverbs 1:5-9

Christian Standard Bible

⁵ let a wise person listen and increase learning,^(A)
and let a discerning person obtain guidance—
⁶ for understanding a proverb or a parable,^[a]
the words of the wise, and their riddles.^(B)

⁸ Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,^(E)
9 for they will be a garland^(F) of favor on your head
and pendants^[b] around your neck.^(G)