1. Listen, sons, to the discipline of a father, and pay attention, so that you may know prudence.
2. I will bestow upon you a good gift. Do not relinquish my law.
3. For I, too, was the son of my father, tender and an only son in the sight of my mother.
4. And he taught me, and he also said: "Let your heart accept my words. Keep my precepts, and you shall live.
5. Obtain wisdom, obtain prudence. May you neither forget, nor turn away from, the words of my mouth.
6. Do not send her away, and she will guard you. Love her, and she will preserve you.
7. The beginning of wisdom is to obtain wisdom, and, with all that you possess, to acquire prudence.
8. Grasp her, and she will exalt you. You will be glorified by her, when you have embraced her.
9. She will bestow upon your head an increase in graces, and she will protect you with a noble crown.
10. Listen, my son, and accept my words, so that years of life may be multiplied for you.
11. I will demonstrate to you the way of wisdom. I will lead you along the paths of equity.