4 of accuracy with scales and weights,of acquiring a lot or a little,
5 of profit from business with merchants,of frequent discipline of children,and of whipping wickedhousehold slaves until they bleed.
6 In the case of a wicked wife,using your seal on your documents and supplies is an excellent idea,and lock up thingsanywhere there are lots of hands.
7 Whatever you deposit,whether by number and weight,and whatever you give or receive,put everything in writing.
8 Don’t be ashamed of disciplinefor the stupid and foolishand for the old codgerwho is guilty of sexual immorality.Then you will have been truly educatedand approved by everyone alive.
9 A daughter is a hidden sourceof sleeplessness for her father,and anxiety about her deprives himof sleep:in her youth, that she doesn’t passher prime,and when she’s married,that she not be hated;
10 while she’s a virgin,that she not be seducedand become pregnantwhile still living at home;when she’s married,that she not go straying;or having married,that she not be infertile.