8  ⁱHear, my son, your father’s instruction,

and forsake not your mother’s teaching,

1  ^fHear, O sons, a father’s instruction,

and be attentive, that you may ^ggain¹ insight,

20  ^lMy son, keep your father’s commandment,

^land forsake not your mother’s teaching.

1  A wise son hears his father’s instruction,

but ^qa scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

5  ^kA fool ^ldespises his father’s instruction,

but ^mwhoever heeds reproof is prudent.

22  ^cListen to your father who gave you life,

^dand do not despise your mother when she is old.