²¹ He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

¹ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; But a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

¹³ A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.

²⁵ A foolish son brings grief to his father, And bitterness to her who bore him.

¹⁵ My son, if your heart is wise, Then my heart will be glad, even mine:

¹⁶ Yes, my heart will rejoice, When your lips speak what is right.

²⁰ A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish man despises his mother.

³² You shall see the affliction of [my] habitation, in all the wealth which [God] shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.

³³ The man of yours, [whom] I shall not cut off from my altar, [shall be] to consume your eyes, and to grieve your heart; and all the increase of your house shall die in the flower of their age.

³⁴ This shall be the sign to you, that shall come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them.

³⁵ I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed forever.

³⁴ When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

⁴ I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.

¹⁹ I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides).

²⁰ Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.

³ And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn't have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.

³³ The king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son!

³ His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.