^(B)A wise son makes a glad father,
But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

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

² A wise servant will rule over ^(A)a son who causes shame,
And will share an inheritance among the brothers.

²⁵ A ^(A)foolish son is a grief to his father,
And bitterness to her who bore him.

^13 (A)A foolish son is the ruin of his father,
^(B)And the contentions of a wife are a continual ^[a]dripping.

²⁶ He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother
Is ^(A)a son who causes shame and brings reproach.