The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David king of Israel:

My son, hear thy father's doctrine, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

My son, consent not unto sinners,

My son, walk not thou with them, refrain thy foot from their ways.

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and keep my commandments by thee,

My son, forget not my law, but see that thine heart keep my commandments.

My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD, neither faint when thou are rebuked of him.

For whom the LORD loveth, him he chasteneth: and yet delighteth in him even as a father in his own son.

My son, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but keep my law and my counsel:

For when I myself was my father's dear son, and tenderly beloved of my mother,

Hear, my son, and receive my words, that the years of thy life may be many.

My son, mark my words, and incline thine ear unto my sayings.

My son, give heed unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my prudence:

Hear me therefore, O my son, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

My son, why wilt thou have pleasure in a harlot, and embrace the bosom of another woman?

My son, if thou be surety for thy neighbour, thou hast fastened thine hand with another man:

Therefore my son, do this: and thou shalt be discharged, when thou art come into thy neighbour's danger. Go thy ways then soon, and entreat thy neighbour:

My son, keep thy father's commandments, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments by thee.

Hear me now therefore, O my son, and mark the words of my mouth.

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but an indiscreet son is a heaviness unto his mother.

A wise son will receive his father's warning; but he that is scornful, will not hear when he is reproved.

He that spareth the rod, hateth his son; but whoso loveth him, chastiseth him betimes.

A wise son maketh a glad father; but an indiscreet body shameth his mother.

A discreet servant shall have more rule than the sons that have no wisdom, and shall have like heritage with the brethren.

An indiscreet son is a grief unto his father; and a heaviness unto his mother that bare him.

An indiscreet son is the heaviness of his father; and a brawling wife is like the top of a house, wherethrough it is ever dropping.

Chasten thy son while there is hope; but let not thy soul be moved to slay him.

He that hurteth his father or shutteth out his mother, is a shameful and an unworthy son.

My son, heareth no more the doctrine that leadeth thee away from the words of understanding.

My son, bow down thine ear, and hearken unto the words of wisdom, apply thy mind unto my doctrine -

My son, if thy heart receive wisdom, my heart also shall rejoice:

My son, give ear and be wise, so shall thine heart prosper in the way.

for a righteous father is marvelous glad of a wise son, and delighteth in him.

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes have pleasure in my ways.

My son, thou eatest honey and the sweet honeycomb, because it is good and sweet in thy mouth.

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king, and keep no company with them that slide back from his fear:

Whoso singeth a song to a heavy heart, clotheth him with rags in the cold, and poureth vinegar upon chalk.

My son, be wise, and thou shalt make me a glad heart; so that I shall make answer unto my rebukers.

Nurture thy son with correction, and he shall comfort thee; yea, he shall do the good at thine heart.

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh. The prophecy of a true faithful man; whom God hath helped, whom God hath comforted and nourished.

Who hath climbed up into heaven? Who hath come down from thence? Who hath holden the wind fast in his hand? Who hath comprehended the waters in a garment? Who hath set all the ends of the world? What is his name, or his son's name? Canst thou tell?

My son, thou son of my body: O my dear beloved son,