A man that loveth wisdom, maketh glad his father; but he that nourisheth a strumpet, shall lose his chattel [or substance].
The parables of Solomon. A wise son maketh glad his father; but a fond [or foolish] son is the sorrow of his mother.
A wise son maketh glad his father; but a fond [or foolish] man despiseth his mother.
He that loveth meats, shall be in neediness; he that loveth wine and fat things, shall not be made rich.
Desirable treasure and oil is in the dwelling place of a just [or rightwise] man; and an unprudent man shall destroy it.
My son, if thy soul is wise, mine heart shall have joy with thee;
My son, study thou about wisdom, and make thou glad mine heart; that thou mayest answer a word to a despiser.
He that worketh his land, shall be filled with loaves; he that pursueth [or followeth] idleness, shall be filled with neediness.
He that keepeth the law, is a wise son; but he that feedeth gluttons, shameth his father.
For the price of a whore is scarcely a gobbet of bread; but such a woman taketh the precious soul of a man.
And not after many days, when all things were gathered together, the younger son went forth in pilgrimage into a far country; and there he wasted his goods [or his substance] in living lecherously.
But after that this thy son, that hath devoured his substance with whores, came, thou hast slain to him a fat [or a fatted] calf.