The words of King Lemuel, the burden that his mother taught him:
My son, hear your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the law of your mother;
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the burden: A statement of the man to Ithiel, even to Ithiel and Ucal, saying,
Surely the squeezing of milk brings curds, and the squeezing of the nose brings blood, so the squeezing of wrath brings out strife.
What, my son? And what, the son of my womb? And what, the son of my vows?
My son, keep your father’s commands, and do not forsake the law of your mother.
taking recollection of the unfeigned faith in you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that it is also in you.
and that from a babe you know the Holy Scriptures, the ones being able to make you wise to salvation through belief in Christ Jesus.