9. Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the prudence of thy words.
10. Do not remove the old landmark, and do not enter into the inheritance of the fatherless:
11. For their redeemer is mighty; he shall judge their cause against thee.
12. Apply thine heart unto chastening and thine ears to the words of wisdom.
13. Do not withhold correction from the child; for if thou shall beat him with the rod, he shall not die.
14. Thou shalt beat him with the rod and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
15. My son, if thy heart is wise, my heart shall also rejoice;
16. my kidneys shall also rejoice when thy lips speak right things.
17. Let not thy heart envy sinners, but persevere in the fear of the Lord all day long.
18. For surely there is an end, and thy hope shall not be cut off.
19. Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and straighten thy heart in the way.
20. Do not be among those who are drunk with wine; nor among gluttonous eaters of food;
21. for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall cause them to wear rags.
22. Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23. Buy the truth and sell it not, also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24. The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he that begets a wise child shall have joy with him.
25. Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice.
26. My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27. For a whore is a deep ditch and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28. She also lies in wait as for a prey and increases the transgressors among men.