Hear, [my] son, and be wise, and rightly direct the thoughts of your heart.

your ear shall hearken to wisdom; you shall also apply your heart to understanding, and shall apply it to the instruction of your son.

and if you shall seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for treasures;

For the Lord gives wisdom, and from His presence come knowledge and understanding,

[My] son, attend to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my words;

that you may keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives you a charge. Give no heed to a worthless woman,

Incline your ear to the words of wise men; hear also my word, and apply your heart,

They approach you as a people that come together, and sit before you, and hear your words, but they will not do them; for [there is] falsehood in their mouth, and their heart [goes] after their pollutions.

Then He said to them, "Therefore every scribe having become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure new and old [things]."

Therefore laying aside all filthiness and abundance of evil, in meekness receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this [one] is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;

But the [one] who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues [in it], and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one shall be blessed in what he does.