¹¹ Be wise, my son, And bring joy to my heart, Then I can answer my tormentor.

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

⁴² So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, For I trust in your word.

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.

⁴ I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.

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.

⁷ For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

¹⁸ I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

¹⁹ Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

²⁰ Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

²¹ For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

³ Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; But a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

²⁴ The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

²⁵ Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!

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

⁴ As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth.

⁵ Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.