Why, my son, would you be infatuated
with a forbidden woman
or embrace the breast of a stranger?

Keep my commands and live;
protect my teachings
as the pupil of your eye.

when He set a limit for the sea
so that the waters would not violate His command,
when He laid out the foundations of the earth.

The glory of young men is their strength,
and the splendor of old men is gray hair.

Teach a youth about the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

Without revelation people run wild,
but one who listens to instruction will be happy.