8  ⁱHear, my son, your father’s instruction,

and forsake not your mother’s teaching,

9  for they are ^ja graceful garland for your head

and ^kpendants for your neck.

20  ^lMy son, keep your father’s commandment,

^land forsake not your mother’s teaching.

21  ^mBind them on your heart always;

ⁿtie them around your neck.

22  ^oWhen you walk, they¹ will lead you;

^owhen you lie down, they will ^pwatch over you;

and when you awake, they will talk with you.

23  For the commandment is ^qa lamp and the teaching a light,

and the ^rreproofs of discipline are the way of life,

^dA wise son makes a glad father,

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

29  Whoever ^utroubles his own household will ^vinherit the wind,

and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

1  A wise son hears his father’s instruction,

but ^qa scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

5  ^kA fool ^ldespises his father’s instruction,

but ^mwhoever heeds reproof is prudent.

20  ^kA wise son makes a glad father,

but a foolish man despises his mother.

6  ^uGrandchildren are ^vthe crown of the aged,

and the glory of children is their fathers.

17  ^kA friend loves at all times,

and a brother is born for adversity.

21  He who ⁿsires a fool gets himself sorrow,

and the father of a fool has no joy.

25  ⁿA foolish son is a grief to his father

^tand bitterness to ^uher who bore him.

19  A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city,

and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.

13  ^tA foolish son is ruin to his father,

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

14  ^wHouse and wealth are inherited from fathers,

but a prudent wife is ^xfrom the Lord.

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

is ^ua son who brings shame and reproach.

27  Cease to hear instruction, my son,

^vand you will stray from the words of knowledge.

20  ^gIf one curses his father or his mother,

^hhis lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

15  Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,

but ⁿthe rod of discipline drives it far from him.

28  Do not move the ancient ^alandmark

that your fathers have set.

22  ^cListen to your father who gave you life,

^dand do not despise your mother when she is old.

24  ^fThe father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;

he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.

25  ^fLet your father and mother be glad;

let ^gher who bore you rejoice.

8  Like ^fa bird that strays from its nest

is a man who strays from his home.

10  Do not forsake your friend and ^hyour father’s friend,

and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.

ⁱBetter is a neighbor who is near

than a brother who is far away.

7  The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding,

but ^ma companion of gluttons shames his father.

24  Whoever robs his father or his mother

and says, “That is no transgression,”

is ^ra companion to a man who destroys.

3  He who ^eloves wisdom makes his father glad,

but ^fa companion of prostitutes ^gsquanders his wealth.

17  The eye that ⁿmocks a father

and ^oscorns to obey a mother

will ^pbe picked out by ^qthe ravens of the valley

and eaten by the vultures.