⁶ Train children ·to live the right way [^Lin their/or his path; ^Creferring either to children or to God],
and when they are old, they will not ·stray [depart] from it.

²² Listen to your father, who ·gave you life [begot you],
    and do not ·forget [despise] your mother when she is old.
²³ ·Learn [^LBuy; Acquire] the truth and never ·reject [^Lsell] it.
    ·Get [Buy; Acquire] wisdom, ·self-control [instruction; discipline], and understanding.
²⁴ The father of a ·good [righteous] child is very happy;
    parents who have wise children are glad because of them.
²⁵ Make your father and mother happy;
    give ·your mother [^Lthe one who bore you] a reason to be glad.

²⁴ Whoever robs father or mother
    and says, “It’s not ·wrong [a crime],”
is ·just like someone who destroys things [or friends with thugs; Ex. 20:12].