¹³ A foolish child is a ruin to his father,
    and the quarreling of a woman^[a] is a continuous dripping.
¹⁴ A house and wealth are an inheritance from fathers,
    but from Yahweh comes a woman^[b] who is prudent.

²⁶ He who does violence to a father, he who chases away a mother,
    is a child who causes shame and brings reproach.
²⁷ Cease to listen to instruction, my child,
    and you will stray^[a] from sayings of knowledge.

²⁰ He who curses his father and his mother,
    his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness.^[a]

¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart^[a] of a boy;^[b]
    the rod of discipline will drive it^[c] from him.

²⁸ Do not remove an ancient boundary marker
    which your ancestors^[a] made.

²² Listen to your father—he who gave you life,^[a]
    and do not despise your mother when^[b] she is old.

²⁴ The father of the righteous will surely rejoice;
    he who bears a wise person will be happy with him.
²⁵ May your father and your mother be glad,
    and may she who bore you rejoice.

⁸ Like a bird that strays from its nest,
    so is a man who strays from his place.

¹⁰ As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake them,
    and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity.
    Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother.

⁷ He who keeps instruction is a child of understanding,
    but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.