20 My son, keep thy father's commandment and forsake not the law of thy mother:

21 Bind them continually upon thine heart [and] tie them about thy neck.

22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

23 For the commandment [is] fire, and the law [is] light; and reproofs of chastening [are] the way of life,