Sons, listen to ⌞your⌟ father’s discipline, and pay attention in order to gain understanding.
For this reason we must pay closer attention to what we have heard. Then we won’t drift away ⌞from the truth⌟.
Come, children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
My son, listen to your father’s discipline, and do not neglect your mother’s teachings,
Open your ears, and hear the words of wise people, and set your mind on the knowledge I give you.
My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Open your ears to my understanding
Listen to advice and accept discipline so that you may be wise the rest of your life.
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister.” Give the name “my relative” to understanding
to grasp wisdom and discipline, to understand deep thoughts,
We, along with our wives, sons, and daughters, have obeyed our ancestor Jonadab, Rechab’s son, in everything he ordered us to do. We have never drunk wine,
“Gather around and listen, sons of Jacob. Listen to your father Israel.
A wise son listens to his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to reprimands.