^8 (A)Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
And ^(B)do not ignore your mother’s teaching;
⁹ For they are a ^(C)graceful wreath for your head
And ^(D)necklaces for your neck.

4 Listen, my sons, to the ^(A)instruction of a father,
And ^(B)pay attention so that you may ^[a]gain understanding,
² For I give you good ^(C)teaching;
^(D)Do not abandon my ^[b]instruction.
³ When I was a son to my father,
^(E)Tender and ^(F)the only son in the sight of my mother,
⁴ He ^(G)taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart ^(H)take hold of my words;
^(I)Keep my commandments and live;

^(B)A wise son makes a father glad,
But ^(C)a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

²⁹ One who ^(A)troubles his own house will ^(B)inherit wind,
And ^(C)the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

²⁰ A ^(A)wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man ^(B)despises his mother.

² A servant who acts wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully,
And will share in the inheritance among brothers.

^6 (A)Grandchildren are the crown of the old,
And the ^(B)glory of sons is their fathers.

²¹ He who ^(A)fathers a fool does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool has no joy.

²⁵ A ^(A)foolish son is a grief to his father,
And ^(B)bitterness to her who gave birth to him.