He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.
He who plunders his father and evicts his mother is a shameful and disgraceful son.
He who robs his father or his mother and says, “It is no transgression,” is a companion to a destroyer.
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but he who keeps company with prostitutes squanders his wealth.
“Not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together, and journeyed to a distant country, and there squandered his possessions in prodigal living.
But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you killed the fattened calf for him.’