Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not let go.
she calls at the head of roaring places, at the opening of the gates, in the city she speaks her words:
The wise ones hear and increase learning, and he understanding gets wise counsel,
My son, hear your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the law of your mother;
He casting off correction despises his own soul, but he who hears reproof gets heart.
Hear counsel and accept chastening, that you may be wise in your latter end.
Sons, hear the instruction of a father, pay attention to know understanding.
My son, pay attention to my wisdom; stretch out your ear to my understanding;
Watch that you do not refuse the One speaking; for if these refusing the One divinely warning them did not escape on the earth, much rather we, the ones turning away from Heaven;