<p class="poetry">A fool rejects his father&#8217;s discipline,p> <p class="poetry">but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who curses<n id="1" /> his father and his mother,p> <p class="poetry">his lamp<n id="2" /> will be extinguished in the blackest<n id="3" /> darkness.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who keeps the law<n id="1" /> is a discerning child,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but a companion of gluttons brings shame<n id="3" /> to his parents.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">There is a generation<n id="1" /> who curse their fathersp> <p class="poetry">and do not bless their mothers.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who robs<n id="1" /> his father and mother and says, &#8220;There is no transgression,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">is a companion<n id="2" /> to the one<n id="3" /> who destroys.p>

<p class="poetry">The man<n id="1" /> who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but whoever associates<n id="3" /> with prostitutes wastes<n id="4" /> his wealth.<n id="5" />p>