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

Blessed {is} he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time {is} at hand.

But he said, Yea rather, blessed {are} they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

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

Then saith he unto me, See {thou do it} not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep {it}, and bring forth fruit with patience.

And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

Wise {men} lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish {is} near destruction.

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let {them} slip. {let...: Gr. run out as leaking vessels}

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

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

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

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

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father {doth} his children,

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

Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.