23. Buy the truth, and don’t sell it.Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
24. The father of the righteous has great joy.Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
25. Let your father and your mother be glad!Let her who bore you rejoice!
26. My son, give me your heart;and let your eyes keep in my ways.
27. For a prostitute is a deep pit;and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
28. Yes, she lies in wait like a robber,and increases the unfaithful among men.
29. Who has woe?Who has sorrow?Who has strife?Who has complaints?Who has needless bruises?Who has bloodshot eyes?
30. Those who stay long at the wine;those who go to seek out mixed wine.
31. Don’t look at the wine when it is red,when it sparkles in the cup,when it goes down smoothly.