Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.
A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son; But he that is a companion of gluttons shameth his father.
For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:
There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.