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

3 My son, don’t forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commands;^(A)
2 for they will bring you
many days, a full life,^[a](B) and well-being.^(C)

4 Listen, sons, to a father’s discipline,^(A)
and pay attention so that you may gain understanding,
² for I am giving you good instruction.^(B)
Don’t abandon my teaching.
³ When I was a son with my father,
tender and precious to my mother,
⁴ he taught me and said,
“Your heart must hold on to my words.
Keep my commands and live.^(C)

A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.^(B)