5. When you gaze upon riches, they are gone,for they surely make wings for themselves,and fly off into the sky like an eagle!
6. Do not eat the food of a stingy person,do not crave his delicacies;
7. for he is like someone calculating the cost in his mind. “Eat and drink,” he says to you,but his heart is not with you;
8. you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten,and will have wasted your pleasant words.
9. Do not speak in the ears of a fool,for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10. Do not move an ancient boundary stone,or take over the fields of the fatherless,
11. for their Protector is strong;he will plead their case against you.
12. Apply your heart to instructionand your ears to the words of knowledge.
13. Do not withhold discipline from a child;even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
14. If you strike him with the rod,you will deliver him from death.
15. My child, if your heart is wise,then my heart also will be glad;
16. my soul will rejoicewhen your lips speak what is right.
17. Do not let your heart envy sinners,but rather be zealous in fearing the Lord all the time.
18. For surely there is a future,and your hope will not be cut off.
19. Listen, my child, and be wise,and guide your heart on the right way.
20. Do not spend time among drunkards,among those who eat too much meat,
21. because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished,and drowsiness clothes them with rags.
22. Listen to your father who begot you,and do not despise your mother when she is old.