For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,

The one who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but whoever esteems instruction will be rewarded.

The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.

My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,