My child, may you keep your father's instruction, and do not reject your mother's teachings,

Listen to your father--he who {gave you life}, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

My child, keep [the] commandment of your father, and do not disregard [the] instruction of your mother.

O God, we have heard with our ears; our ancestors have told us of work you worked in their days, in days of old.

that we have heard and known, and our ancestors have told us.

My child, keep [the] commandment of your father, and do not disregard [the] instruction of your mother. Bind them on your heart continually; tie them upon your neck. {When you walk}, she will lead you, {When you lie down}, she will watch over you, and [when] you awake, she will converse [with] you.read more.
For [like] a lamp [is] a commandment, and instruction [is] light, and the way of life [is the] reproof of discipline, [in order] to preserve you from an evil woman, from the smoothness of [the] tongue of {an adulteress}. Do not desire her beauty in your heart; may she not capture you with her eyelashes. For [the] price of a woman, a prostitute, [is the] price of a loaf of bread, but the {woman belonging to a man} hunts precious life. Can a man carry fire in his lap, and his clothes not burn? If a man walks upon the hot coals, will his feet not be burned? Thus, he who goes to the wife of his neighbor, any who touches her shall not go unpunished. [People] do not despise a thief when he steals to fill himself when he is hungry. But [if] he is found, he will pay sevenfold, every possession of his house he shall give. He who commits adultery [with] a woman lacks {sense}, he destroys himself who does it. A wound and dishonor he will find, and his disgrace will not be wiped out. For jealousy [is the] fury of a husband, and he will not show restraint on the day of revenge. He will not accept {any compensation}, and he will not be willing, though the bribe is large.