²⁰ Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

¹ The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

¹⁸ `When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious -- he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them --

¹⁶ `Cursed `is' He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

⁸ Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

⁹ For a graceful wreath `are' they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.

¹ My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.

² Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.

³ Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.

⁴ Say to wisdom, `My sister Thou `art'.' And cry to understanding, `Kinswoman!'

²² Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

¹¹ A generation `is', that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.