Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight,
Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.
Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching,
Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge,
My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding,
Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call insight your intimate friend,
To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight,
We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, ourselves, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,
“Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob, listen to Israel your father.
A wise son hears his father’s instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.