So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

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

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:

Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.