Now therefore, {\i my} sons, hearken unto me,\par\tab And attend to the words of my mouth.
Now therefore, {\i my} sons, hearken unto me,\par\tab And depart not from the words of my mouth.
Hear, {\i my} sons, the instruction of a father,\par\tab And attend to know understanding:
My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
My children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you—
What man is he that desireth life,\par\tab And loveth {\i many} days, that he may see good?
A wise son {\i heareth} his father's instruction;\par\tab But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.