7. For as he reckons in his life, so is he. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, But his heart is not with you.
8. You vomit the piece you have eaten, And lose your sweet words.
9. Do not speak in the ears of a fool, For he treads on the wisdom of your words.
10. Do not move the ancient boundary, And do not enter the fields of the fatherless;
11. For their Redeemer is strong; He shall plead their cause against you.
12. Bring your heart to discipline, And your ears to words of knowledge.
13. Do not withhold discipline from a child; If you beat him with a rod, he does not die.
14. Beat him with a rod And deliver his being from the grave.
15. My son, if your heart shall be wise, My heart rejoices, even I,
16. And my kidneys exult When your lips speak what is straight.