My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
Proverbs — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
P R O V E R B S CHAP. I. Those who read David's psalms, especially those towards the latter end, would be tempted to think that religion is all rapture and consists in nothing but the ecstasies and transports of devotion; and doubtless there is a time for them,…