Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it.
Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
My son, attend to my wisdom. Incline thine ear to my understanding,
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
Watch, that ye not refuse him who speaks. For if those men did not escape, having refused him who spoke a divine message on earth, much more we, those who turn away from him from the heavens,
She cries in the chief place of concourse, at the entrance of the gates, in the city. She utters her words:
He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who hearkens to reproof gets understanding.
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou may be wise in thy latter end.
that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsels,
