²³ So she kept near the servant-girls of Boaz to take up the grain till the cutting of the early grain and the cutting of the late grain were ended; and she went on living with her mother-in-law.

⁹ Let seven weeks be numbered from the first day when the grain is cut.

⁶ Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

⁷ Having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

⁸ She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.

¹ A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

²⁰ Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

³³ Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.

¹ Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.

² Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),

³ So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth.