(Let the wise also ¹  hear ²  and gain ³  instruction, and let the discerning ⁴  acquire ⁵  guidance! ⁶ )

For ¹  I did not obey my teachers ²  and I did not heed ³  my instructors. ⁴ 

My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

Instruction ¹  from the wise ²  is like ³  a life-giving fountain, ⁴  to turn ⁵  a person ⁶  from deadly snares. ⁷ 

Severe discipline ¹  is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof ²  will die.

A wise person’s heart ¹  makes his speech wise ²  and it adds persuasiveness ³  to his words. ⁴ 

When a scorner is punished, the naive ¹  becomes wise; when a wise person is instructed, ²  he gains knowledge.

Who comprehends ¹  the mind ²  of the Lord, or gives him instruction as his counselor? ³ 

The Lord wanted to exhibit his justice by magnifying his law and displaying it. ¹ 

Then they asked Baruch, “How did you come to write all these words? Do they actually come from Jeremiah’s mouth?” ¹ 

Then the Jewish leaders ¹  were astonished ²  and said, “How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?” ³ 

They were devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, ¹  to the breaking of bread and to prayer. ² 

and know his will ¹  and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law, ² 

Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom. ¹ 

but the word of the Lord ¹  endures forever. ²  And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.

many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so ¹  he can teach us his requirements, ²  and ³  we can follow his standards.” ⁴  For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; ⁵  the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem. ⁶ 

So the sons of Israel did as he said. ¹  Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, ²  and he gave them provisions for the journey.

Moses recorded their departures ¹  according to their journeys, by the commandment ²  of the Lord; now these are their journeys according to their departures.

Please recall the word you commanded your servant Moses: ‘If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the nations. ¹ 

You made known to them your holy Sabbath; you issued commandments, statutes, and law to them through ¹  Moses your servant.