Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father;\par\tab But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,\par\tab 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;\par\tab But a foolish man despiseth his mother.
The proverbs of Solomon.\par\par\tab A wise son maketh a glad father;\par\tab 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;\par\tab But he that is a companion of gluttons shameth his father.
For on account of a harlot {\i a man is brought} to a piece of bread;\par\tab And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man:\par\tab He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread;\par\tab But he that followeth after vain {\i persons} shall have poverty enough.
My son, if thy heart be wise,\par\tab My heart will be glad, even mine:
There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise;\par\tab But a foolish man swalloweth it up.