He who plunders a father, Chases away his mother, Is a son causing shame and bringing reproach.
Proverbs of Shelomoh: A wise son makes a father rejoice, But a foolish son is his mother’s sorrow.
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
A wise servant rules over a son who causes shame, And shares an inheritance among the brothers.
A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her who bore him.
Cease, my son, to hear discipline, And you shall stray from the words of knowledge.
Blessed is the man who always fears Elohim, But he who hardens his heart falls into evil.
He who robs his father or his mother, And says, “It is no transgression,” He is a companion to a destroyer.
He who watches over the Torah is a discerning son, But a companion of gluttons shames his father.
There is a generation that curses its father, And does not bless its mother –
An eye that mocks his father, And scorns to obey his mother – Ravens of the wadi dig it out, And young eagles eat it!
‘But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with whores, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.’