6. Do not eat the food of a stingy host,do not crave his delicacies;
7. for he is the kind of personwho is always thinking about the cost.‘Eat and drink,’ he says to you,but his heart is not with you.
8. You will vomit up the little you have eatenand will have wasted your compliments.Saying 10
9. Do not speak to fools,for they will scorn your prudent words.Saying 11
10. Do not move an ancient boundary stoneor encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11. for their Defender is strong;he will take up their case against you.Saying 12
12. Apply your heart to instructionand your ears to words of knowledge.Saying 13
13. Do not withhold discipline from a child;if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
14. Punish them with the rodand save them from death.Saying 14
15. My son, if your heart is wise,then my heart will be glad indeed;
16. my inmost being will rejoicewhen your lips speak what is right.Saying 15
17. Do not let your heart envy sinners,but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.
18. There is surely a future hope for you,and your hope will not be cut off.Saying 16
19. Listen, my son, and be wise,and set your heart on the right path:
20. do not join those who drink too much wineor gorge themselves on meat,
21. for drunkards and gluttons become poor,and drowsiness clothes them in rags.Saying 17
22. Listen to your father, who gave you life,and do not despise your mother when she is old.