21 While you still liveand have breath in you,don’t exchange places with anyone else.
22 It’s better for your childrento make requests of youthan that you should look to themfor generosity.
23 Excel in everything you do;don’t bring a stain on your reputation.
24 On the last day of your life,at the moment of death,distribute your inheritance.
25 Fodder, a rod, and burdens for donkeys;bread, discipline,and work for household slaves.
26 Set them to work with discipline,and you will have leisure;let their hands be idle,and they will seek freedom.
27 A yoke and a strap will bend a neck,and there are racks and torturesfor a wicked household slave.