Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
Incline your heart to understanding;

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

A false witness doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh.

An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, Is the wise reprover to an attentive ear.

Children, listen [to the] instruction of a father, and be attentive [in order] to know insight.

My child, be attentive to my words; to my sayings incline your ear.

And now, my children, listen to me, and be attentive to the sayings of my mouth.

He who is attentive to a matter will find goodness, and he who trusts in Yahweh, his own happiness.