My son, if your heart is wise,
My own heart also will be glad;
And my inmost being will exult
When your lips speak upright things.
Do not let your heart be jealous of sinners,
But be zealous in the fear of Yahweh always.
Surely there is a future,
And your hope will not be cut off.
You, my son, listen and be wise,
And direct your heart in the way.
Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe them with rags.
Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
Buy truth, and do not sell it,
Get wisdom and discipline and understanding.