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

^land forsake not your mother's teaching.

22  ^cListen to your father who gave you life,

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

23  ^eBuy truth, and do not sell it;

buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

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.

15  ^vThe rod and reproof give wisdom,

but a child left to himself ^wbrings shame to his mother.