Wise ·children [sons] make their father happy,
but foolish ·children [sons] make their mother sad.

²⁰ Wise ·children [sons] make their father happy,
but foolish ·children [^Lpeople] disrespect their mother.

² A ·wise [insightful] servant will rule over the master’s disgraceful child
and will even ·inherit a share of what the master leaves his children [^Ldivide an inheritance with the brothers/relatives].

²⁵ Foolish children make their father sad
and cause their mother great ·sorrow [bitterness].

¹³ A foolish ·child [son] ·brings [is a] disaster to a father,
and a ·quarreling [contentious] wife is like ·dripping water [constant dripping].