My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.
