23 Invest in truth and wisdom,discipline and good sense,and don't part with them.
24 Make your father truly happyby living right and showingsound judgment.
25 Make your parents proud,especially your mother.
26 My son, pay close attention,and gladly followmy example.
27 Bad women and unfaithful wivesare like a deep pit—
28 they are waiting to attack youlike a gang of robberswith victim after victim.
29 Who is always in trouble?Who argues and fights?Who has cuts and bruises?Whose eyes are red?