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

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

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

²⁰ Yes, brother, may I have profit of thee in the Lord; refresh my bowels in the Lord;

⁹ because of the love I rather entreat, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ;

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.

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

⁹ and now, acquit him not, for a wise man thou `art', and thou hast known that which thou dost to him, and hast brought down his old age with blood to Sheol.'

¹ And draw near do the days of David to die, and he chargeth Solomon his son, saying,

² `I am going in the way of all the earth, and thou hast been strong, and become a man,

³ and kept the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commands, and His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, so that thou dost wisely all that thou dost, and whithersoever thou turnest,

⁴⁸ and also thus hath the king said, Blessed `is' Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath given to-day `one' sitting on my throne, and mine eyes seeing.'