6. Do not eat the bread of a selfish man, Or desire his delicacies;
7. For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, "Eat and drink!" But his heart is not with you.
8. You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten, And waste your compliments.
9. Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10. Do not move the ancient boundary Or go into the fields of the fatherless,
11. For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their case against you.
12. Apply your heart to discipline And your ears to words of knowledge.
13. Do not hold back discipline from the child, Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
14. You shall strike him with the rod And rescue his soul from Sheol.
15. My son, if your heart is wise, My own heart also will be glad;
16. And my inmost being will rejoice When your lips speak what is right.
17. Do not let your heart envy sinners, But live in the fear of the Lord always.
18. Surely there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off.
19. Listen, my son, and be wise, And direct your heart in the way.
20. Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
21. For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.
22. Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
23. Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.