1 Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.
2 It is vain for you to rise before light, rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow. When he shall give sleep to his beloved,
10 Who shall find a valiant woman? far and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her.
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother :
9 That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.
3 The Lord hath done great things for us: we are become joyful.
4 Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up;
5 Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
24 He that spareth the rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him correcteth him betimes.
25 Strength and beauty are her clothing, and she shall laugh in the latter day.
26 She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue.
27 She hath looked well to the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle.
28 Her children rose up, and called her blessed: her husband, and he praised her.
29 Many daughters have gathered together riches: thou hast surpassed them all.
30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: the woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
9 Keep thyself therefore, and thy soul carefully. Forget not the words that thy eyes have seen, and let them not go out of thy heart all the days of thy life. Thou shalt teach them to thy sons and to thy grandsons,
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is just.
2 Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with a promise:
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest be long lived upon earth.
13 As one whom the mother caresseth, so will I comfort you, and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.
20 A wise son maketh a father joyful: but the foolish man despiseth his mother.
6 It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it.