1 Hear, ye children, the correction of a father, and attend to know understanding.2 For good information do I give you: my teaching must ye not forsake.3 For I was a son unto my father, a tender and an only child before my mother.4 And he instructed me, and said unto me, Let thy heart grasp firmly my words: observe my commandments and live.5 Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding: forget not, and depart not from the sayings of my mouth.6 Forsake her not, and she will watch over thee: love her, and she will keep thee.