Proverbs

²²Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. ²³Buy the truth, and sell it not; yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. ²⁴The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. ²⁵Let thy father and thy mother be glad, and let her that bare thee rejoice. ²⁶My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes delight in my ways. ²⁷For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. ²⁸Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.