Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth 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 thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh: for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: