²⁰ A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

²¹ He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

¹³ A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

²² Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

²³ Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

²⁴ The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

²⁵ Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

¹¹ My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

³ Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.