My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son {is} the heaviness of his mother.

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

For by means of a whorish woman {a man is brought} to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. {the adulteress: Heb. the woman of a man, or, a man's wife}

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

Whoso keepeth the law {is} a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous {men} shameth his father. {is a companion...: or, feedeth gluttons}

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

He that loveth pleasure {shall be} a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. {pleasure: or, sport}

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain {persons} shall have poverty enough.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise {child} shall have joy of him.

My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. {even...: or, even I will rejoice}

{There is} treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son {is} the heaviness of his mother.

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise {child} shall have joy of him.

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Whoso keepeth the law {is} a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous {men} shameth his father. {is a companion...: or, feedeth gluttons}

But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. {even...: or, even I will rejoice}

For by means of a whorish woman {a man is brought} to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. {the adulteress: Heb. the woman of a man, or, a man's wife}

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.