²² Listen to your father, who gave you life,
    and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
²³ Get the truth and never sell it;
    also get wisdom, discipline, and good judgment.

¹³ My child,^[a] eat honey, for it is good,
    and the honeycomb is sweet to the taste.
¹⁴ In the same way, wisdom is sweet to your soul.
    If you find it, you will have a bright future,
    and your hopes will not be cut short.

⁵ Evil people don’t understand justice,
    but those who follow the Lord understand completely.

¹⁵ To discipline a child produces wisdom,
    but a mother is disgraced by an undisciplined child.