Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.
Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.
Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.
A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.
A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.
`And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;
but when thy son -- this one who did devour thy living with harlots -- came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.