¹ Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son `is' an affliction to his mother.

³ A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.

¹⁵ A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

¹⁵ My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,

¹⁶ And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.

²⁵ A provocation to his father `is' a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

²⁰ A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

¹ Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:

⁹ And further, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, and gave ear, and sought out -- he made right many similes.

¹⁹ And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also `is' vanity.

¹ Also these are Proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed: --

²⁴ The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.

²⁵ Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.

¹³ A calamity to his father `is' a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife `are' a continual dropping.

²¹ Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.

³² And he speaketh three thousand similes, and his songs `are' five, and the chief one;