The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
A wise son heareth his father's instruction: But a scorner heareth not rebuke.
A wise son maketh a glad father: But a foolish man despiseth his mother.
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: And the father of a fool hath no joy.
A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me
The rod and reproof give wisdom: But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; Yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.
And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.