²² Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when^[a] she is old.^(A)
23 Buy—and do not sell—truth,
wisdom, instruction, and understanding.^(B)

¹³ Eat honey,^(A) my son, for it is good,
and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate;^(B)
14 realize that wisdom is the same for you.^(C)
If you find it, you will have a future,
and your hope will never fade.^(D)

⁵ The evil do not understand justice,^(A)
but those who seek the Lord understand everything.^(B)

¹⁵ A rod of correction imparts wisdom,^(A)
but a youth left to himself^[a]
is a disgrace to his mother.^(B)