A wise son makes a glad father,
    but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

²⁰ A wise son makes a father glad,
    but a foolish man despises his mother.

² A wise servant will have rule over a son who causes shame,
    and will have part of the inheritance among the brothers.

²⁵ A foolish son is a grief to his father,
    and bitterness to her who bore him.

¹³ A foolish son is the calamity of his father,
    and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping of water.

²⁶ He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother
    is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.