⁸ My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

⁹ For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.

¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.

⁴ And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

²⁶ He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

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

⁶ Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

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

⁶ Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

² Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

³ that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

⁴ And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

²⁰ Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

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

¹¹ And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent?

¹² Or `if' he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?

¹³ If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall `your' heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

¹⁴ And he was casting out a demon `that was' dumb. And it came to pass, when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spake; and the multitudes marvelled.

⁸ But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

²¹ Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

³ Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; `And' the fruit of the womb is `his' reward.

⁴ As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth.

⁵ Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate. Psalm 128 A Song of Ascents.

²⁴ He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

²⁰ Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.

⁷ It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom `his' father chasteneth not?

⁴ But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

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