Hear instruction, and be wise,\par\tab And refuse it not.
Hear, {\i my} sons, the instruction of a father,\par\tab And attend to know understanding:
My son, attend unto my wisdom;\par\tab Incline thine ear to my understanding:
My son, hear the instruction of thy father,\par\tab And forsake not the law of thy mother:
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned {\i them} on earth, much more {\i shall not} we {\i escape} who turn away from him that {\i warneth} from heaven:
She crieth in the chief place of concourse;\par\tab At the entrance of the gates,\par\tab In the city, she uttereth her words:
He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul;\par\tab But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.
Hear counsel, and receive instruction,\par\tab That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning;\par\tab And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels: