1Hear, you° children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2For I give you a good gift; forsake you° not my law.
3For I also was a son obedient to my father, and loved in the sight of my mother:
4who spoke and instructed me, saying, Let our speech be fixed in your heart, keep our commandments, forget them not:
5and do not neglect the speech of my mouth.
6And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to you: love it, and it shall keep you.