²⁰ And say to them, This son of ours is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, he will not give attention to us; he gives himself up to pleasure and strong drink.

¹ Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

²⁶ He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

¹⁹ Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

²⁰ Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:

²¹ For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.

²⁹ Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?

³⁰ Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.

³¹ Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:

³² In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.

³³ Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.

³⁴ Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.

³⁵ They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.

¹⁷ Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.