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 spendeth his substance.

¹⁵ The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

¹⁵ My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

¹⁶ Yea, my reins shall 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 moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

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

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

²⁴ The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

²⁵ Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall 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.