<p class="poetry">Listen to your father who begot you,p> <p class="poetry">and do not despise your mother when she is old.p>

<p class="poetry">The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">whoever fathers a wise child<n id="2" /> will have joy in him.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>

<p class="poetry">The eye<n id="1" /> that mocks at a fatherp> <p class="poetry">and despises obeying<n id="2" /> a mother &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the ravens of the valley will peck it outp> <p class="poetry">and the young vultures will eat it.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not forsake your friend and your father&#8217;s friend,p> <p class="poetry">and do not enter your brother&#8217;s house in the day of your disaster;p> <p class="poetry">a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.<n id="1" />p>