15. My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,
16. And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.
17. Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But--in the fear of Jehovah all the day.
18. For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.
19. Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,
20. Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,
21. For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
22. Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.
23. Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,