12. Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13. Withhold not correction from the child; for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:
14. thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
15. My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine;
16. and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.
17. Let not thy heart envy sinners, but be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day;
18. for surely there is a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
19. Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way.
20. Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.
21. For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
22. Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23. Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.
24. The father of a righteous man shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise son shall have joy of him:
25. let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.