Hold on to instruction, ¹  do not let it go; protect it, ²  because it is your life.

Do not let them depart ¹  from your sight, guard ²  them within your heart; ³ 

My child, ²  be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention ³  to my understanding,

in order to safeguard ¹  discretion, ²  and that your lips may guard knowledge.

How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep? ¹ 

All of them are clear ¹  to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge.

The tongue of the wise ¹  treats knowledge correctly, ²  but the mouth of the fool spouts out ³  folly.

A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense. ¹ 

The fear of the Lord provides wise instruction, ¹  and before honor comes humility. ² 

Of what ¹  use is money in the hand of a fool, ²  since he has no intention ³  of acquiring wisdom? ⁴ 

The one who trusts in his own heart ¹  is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom ²  will escape. ³ 

Surely ¹  I am more brutish ²  than any other human being, ³  and I do not have human understanding; ⁴ 

For with great wisdom comes ¹  great frustration; whoever increases his ²  knowledge merely ³  increases his ⁴  heartache.

This also comes from the Lord who commands armies, who gives supernatural guidance and imparts great wisdom. ¹ 

For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech ¹  and difficult language, ²  but ³  to the house of Israel –

I will put an end to the obscene conduct in the land; all the women will learn a lesson from this and not engage in obscene conduct.

You will be driven ¹  from human society, ²  and you will live ³  with the wild animals. You will be fed ⁴  grass like oxen, ⁵  and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before ⁶  you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.

He was driven from human society, his mind ¹  was changed to that of an animal, he lived ²  with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until he came to understand that the most high God rules over human kingdoms, and he appoints over them whomever he wishes.

When John’s ¹  disciples heard this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.

A disciple ¹  is not greater than ²  his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher.