The way of a fool {is} right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel {is} wise.

Blessed {is} the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

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

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth {part} of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! {me: Heb. my soul, or, my life}

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

So teach {us} to number our days, that we may apply {our} hearts unto wisdom. {apply: Heb. cause to come}

Mark the perfect {man}, and behold the upright: for the end of {that} man {is} peace.

Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

O that they were wise, {that} they understood this, {that} they would consider their latter end!

Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

The way of a fool {is} right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel {is} wise.

Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised {is} wisdom.

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.

The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, {and} which stood before him:

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye {me} to return answer to this people?

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.

So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee {Choose...: Heb. Take to thee}

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and {that} the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.