3 To receive moral instruction in skillful living,in righteousness, justice, and equity.
4 To impart shrewdness to the morally naive,and a discerning plan to the young person.
5 (Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)
6 To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable,the sayings of the wise and their riddles.
7 Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge,but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father,and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.
9 For they will be like an elegant garland on your head,and like pendants around your neck.