Hear, you children, the instruction of a father, and give heed to know understanding.
Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob; and listen to Israel your father.
Come, you children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother:
A wise son hears his father’s instruction: but a scorner does not listen to rebuke.
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.
Turn your ear to hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.
My son, attend to my wisdom, and turn your ear to my understanding:
Say to wisdom, You are my sister; and call understanding your kinswoman:
Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he has instructed us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters;
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.