Cease from thine own wisdom.
Speak not in the ears of a fool:
For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Apply thine heart unto instruction,
And thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Withhold not correction from the child:
For if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14Thou shalt beat him with the rod,
And shalt deliver his soul from hell.
My son, if thine heart be wise,
My heart shall rejoice, even mine.
But be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
18For surely there is an end;
And thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise,
And guide thine heart in the way.
Buy the truth, and sell it not;
Also 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.
25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad,
And she that bare thee shall rejoice.
My son, give me thine heart,
And let thine eyes observe my ways.
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?
For riches certainly make themselves wings;
They fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
