1. The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel;
2. to know wisdom and chastening; to understand prudent words;
3. to receive the chastening of prudence, justice, judgment, and equity;
4. to give prudence to the simple, and to the young men knowledge and council.
5. If the wise will hear them, doctrine shall increase, and the man of understanding shall acquire wise counsel:
6. To understand a parable and the interpretation; the words of the wise and their enigmas.
7. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and chastening.
8. My son, hearken unto the chastening of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9. For they shall be an increase of grace unto thy head and protection about thy neck.
10. My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent.