My son, watch over your father’s command, And do not forsake the Torah of your mother.
Children, obey your parents in the Master, for this is right.
‘Cursed is he who makes light of his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕ
Listen to your father who brought you forth, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
There is a generation that curses its father, And does not bless its mother –
“When a man has a wayward and rebellious son who is not listening to the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have disciplined him, does not listen to them,
“So we obeyed the voice of Yonaḏ
My son, listen to my wisdom; Incline your ear to my understanding,
Her feet go down to death, Her steps lay hold of the grave.
And I saw among the simple, I perceived among the youths, A young man lacking heart,