1Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.
2For I doe giue you a good doctrine: therefore forsake yee not my lawe.
3For I was my fathers sonne, tender and deare in the sight of my mother,
4When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue.
5Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.
6Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.