Wisdom of a Father

Proverbs 1:8-9; 4:1-2; 23:22, 24

Hear, my child, your father’s instruction,
    and do not reject your mother’s teaching;
for they are a fair garland for your head,
    and pendants for your neck.

Listen, children, to a father’s instruction,
     and be attentive, that you may gain insight;
for I give you good precepts:
     do not forsake my teaching.

Listen to your father who begot you,
     and do not despise your mother when she is old.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
     he who begets a wise son will be glad in him.