For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.

Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

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

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.