7. For as he reckoneth in his nefesh, so is he. Eat and drink, saith he to thee, but his lev is not with thee.
8. The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy pleasant devarim.
9. Speak not in the oznayim of a kesil (fool), for he will despise the seichel of thy words.
10. Remove not the gevul olam (ancient landmark); and enter not into the sadot of the yetomim (fatherless ones, orphans),
11. For their Go'el is chazak (strong); He shall plead their cause against thee.
12. Apply thine lev unto musar, and thine oznayim to the words of da'as.
13. Withhold not musar (correction) from the na'ar (child), for if thou spank him with the shevet, he shall not die.
14. Thou shalt spank him with the shevet, and shalt save his nefesh from Sheol.
15. Beni (my son), if thine lev be chacham, my own lev shall have simchah.
16. Indeed, my inmost being shall rejoice, when thy sfatayim (lips) speak meisharim (upright things).
17. Let not thine lev envy chatta'im, but be thou in the Yirat Hashem kol hayom.