A wise child^[a] brings joy to a father;
    a foolish child brings grief to a mother.

²⁰ Sensible children bring joy to their father;
    foolish children despise their mother.

² A wise servant will rule over the master’s disgraceful son
    and will share the inheritance of the master’s children.

²⁵ Foolish children^[a] bring grief to their father
    and bitterness to the one who gave them birth.

¹³ A foolish child^[a] is a calamity to a father;
    a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.