⁸ Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

⁹ For a graceful wreath `are' they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.

¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.

⁴ And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

²⁶ Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.

²⁴ The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.

⁶ Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

²² Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

⁶ Sons' sons `are' the crown of old men, And the glory of sons `are' their fathers.

¹ The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

² honour thy father and mother,

³ which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'

⁴ And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

²⁰ Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

¹⁵ A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

¹¹ `And of which of you -- the father -- if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?

¹² and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion?

¹³ If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'

¹⁴ And he was casting forth a demon, and it was dumb, and it came to pass, the demon having gone forth, the dumb man spake, and the multitudes wondered,

⁸ and if any one for his own -- and especially for those of the household -- doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

²¹ the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

³ Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah `are' sons, A reward `is' the fruit of the womb.

⁴ As arrows in the hand of a mighty one, So `are' the sons of the young men.

⁵ O the happiness of the man Who hath filled his quiver with them, They are not ashamed, For they speak with enemies in the gate!

²⁴ Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

²⁰ the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

⁷ if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?

⁴ and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

¹ Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son `is' an affliction to his mother.