¹⁵ My son, if your heart is wise,
    then my heart will be glad indeed;
¹⁶ my inmost being will rejoice
    when your lips speak what is right.^(A)

²² Listen to your father, who gave you life,
    and do not despise your mother when she is old.^(A)

²⁴ The father of a righteous child has great joy;
    a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.^(A)
25 May your father and mother rejoice;
    may she who gave you birth be joyful!^(B)