My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God {was} in him, to do judgment. {in him: Heb. in the midst of him}

Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received {them}, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.