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

¹⁴ Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,
but a ·wise [insightful] wife is a gift from the Lord.

²⁶ A child who ·robs [devastates] his father and ·sends [drives] away his mother
brings shame and disgrace on himself.

²⁷ Don’t stop listening to correction, my child,
or you will ·forget what you have already learned [^Lwander from knowledgeable speeches/words].

²⁰ Those who curse their father or mother
will be like a light going out in darkness [Job 18:6; 21:17].

¹⁵ ·Every child is full of foolishness [^LStupidity/Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child],
but ·punishment can get rid of it [^Lthe rod of discipline drives it far from them].

²⁸ Don’t move an ·old stone that marks a border [an ancient boundary marker; Deut. 19:14; 27:17; Job 24:2; Hos. 5:10; ^Cborders were marked by carved stones],
because those stones were set up by your ancestors.

²² Listen to your father, who ·gave you life [begot you],
    and do not ·forget [despise] your mother when she is old.

⁸ A person who ·leaves [^Lwanders from] his home
is like a bird that ·leaves [^Lwanders from] its nest.

¹⁰ Don’t ·forget [abandon] your friend or your parent’s friend.
    Don’t always go to your ·family for help [brother] when trouble comes.
A neighbor close by is better than a ·family [brother] far away.

⁷ Children who ·obey what they have been taught [protect instruction/law] are wise,
but friends of ·troublemakers [or gluttons] disgrace their parents [Deut. 28:18–21].