⁸ My son, hear thy ^[a]father’s instruction, and forsake not thy ^[b]mother’s teaching.

⁹ For they shall be ^[c]a comely ornament unto thine head, and as chains for thy neck.

²⁰ ¶ My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not thy mother’s instruction.

²¹ Bind them always upon thine ^[a]heart, and tie them about thy neck.

²² It shall lead thee when thou walkest: it shall watch for thee when thou sleepest, and when thou wakest, it shall talk with thee.

²³ For the ^[b]commandment is a lantern, and instruction a light: and ^[c]corrections for instruction are the way of life,

10 In this Chapter, and all that follow, unto the thirtieth, the wise man exhorteth by divers sentences, which he calleth Parables, to follow virtue, and flee vice: and also showeth what profit cometh of wisdom, and what hindrance proceedeth of foolishness.

THE PARABLE OF SOLOMON.

¹ A wise ^(A)son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is an heaviness to his mother.

²⁹ He that troubleth his own ^[a]house, shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be ^[b]servant to the wise in heart.

13 ¹ A wise son will obey the instruction of his father: but a scorner will hear no rebuke.

⁵ A fool despiseth his father’s instruction, but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.

^20 (A)A wise son rejoiceth the father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

⁶ Children’s children are the crown of the elders: and the glory of the children are their fathers.

¹⁷ A friend loveth at all times; and a ^[a]brother is born for adversity.

²¹ He that begetteth a fool, getteth himself sorrow, and the father of a fool can have no joy.