²² Hearken unto thy father that begat thee,
And despise not thy mother when she is old.
²³ Buy the truth, and sell it not;
Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
²⁴ The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
²⁵ Let thy father and thy mother be glad,
And let her that bare thee rejoice.

¹⁵ The rod and reproof give wisdom;
But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.