I would not obey my teachers or turn my ear to my instructors.
he followed the advice of the young men and said, “My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.”
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
And I was soon in serious trouble in the assembly of God’s people.”
I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.
Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.