Shun Evil Counsel

My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother;

For whom the Lord loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights.

Security in Wisdom

Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding;

When I was my father’s son, Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,

Beware of Adultery

My son, keep your father’s command, And do not forsake the law of your mother.

Wise Sayings of Solomon

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

Wisdom Loves Righteousness

A wise son heeds his father’s instruction, But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

A fool despises his father’s instruction, But he who receives correction is prudent.

A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish man despises his mother.

Children’s children are the crown of old men, And the glory of children is their father.

He who begets a scoffer does so to his sorrow, And the father of a fool has no joy.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her who bore him.

A foolish son is the ruin of his father, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

Houses and riches are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from the Lord.

He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother Is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.

Do not remove the ancient landmark Which your fathers have set.

Listen to Your Father

When you sit down to eat with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you;

Do not remove the ancient landmark, Nor enter the fields of the fatherless;

Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And he who begets a wise child will delight in him.

Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her who bore you rejoice.

Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend, Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

Whoever keeps the law is a discerning son, But a companion of gluttons shames his father.

Whoever robs his father or his mother, And says, “It is no transgression,” The same is companion to a destroyer.