The words of Lemuel, king of Massa, the instruction his mother taught him:
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and reject not your mother’s teaching;
The words of Agur, son of Jakeh the Massaite: The pronouncement of mortal man: “I am weary, O God; I am weary, O God, and I am exhausted.
For as the churning of milk produces curds, and the pressing of the nose produces blood, the churning of anger produces strife.
What are you doing, my son! what are you doing, son of my womb; what are you doing, son of my vows!
Observe, my son, your father’s command, and do not reject your mother’s teaching;
as I recall your sincere faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and that I am confident lives also in you. The Gifts Timothy Has Received.
and that from infancy you have known [the] sacred scriptures, which are capable of giving you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.