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)

²⁰ My son, keep your father’s command,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.^(A)
21 Always bind them to your heart;
tie them around your neck.^(B)
22 When you walk here and there, they will guide you;
when you lie down, they will watch over you;
when you wake up, they will talk to you.
²³ For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,^(C)
and corrective discipline is the way to life.^(D)

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