^22 (A)Listen to your father who gave you life,
    ^(B)and do not despise your mother when she is old.
^23 (C)Buy truth, and do not sell it;
    buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

¹³ My son, ^(A)eat honey, for it is good,
    and ^(B)the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
¹⁴ Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
    if you find it, there will be ^(C)a future,
    and your hope will not be cut off.