Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
She cries in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she utters her words, saying,
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
My son, hear the instruction of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother:
He that refuses instruction despises his own soul: but he that hears reproof gets understanding.
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days.
Hear, you children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
My son, be attentive to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my understanding:
See that you refuse not him that speaks. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape, if we turn away from him that speaks from heaven:
