Proverbs 1:4-10

⁴To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.

⁵A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.

⁶He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.

⁷The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

⁸My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

⁹That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.

¹⁰My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.