^dA wise son makes a glad father,

^ebut a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

20  ^kA wise son makes a glad father,

but a foolish man despises his mother.

2  A servant who deals wisely will rule over ⁿa son who acts shamefully

and ^owill share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

25  ⁿA foolish son is a grief to his father

^tand bitterness to ^uher who bore him.

13  ^tA foolish son is ruin to his father,

and ^ua wife's quarreling is ^va continual dripping of rain.

26  He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother

is ^ua son who brings shame and reproach.