¹ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

³ Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth `his' substance.

¹⁵ The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

¹⁵ My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:

¹⁶ Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.

²⁵ A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

²⁰ A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

¹ The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:

⁹ And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, `and' set in order many proverbs.

¹⁹ And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

¹ These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

²⁴ The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

²⁵ Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.

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

²¹ He that begetteth a fool `doeth it' to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.

³² And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.