Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. … Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. … Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart. … Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him. … The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. … Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. … The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures. … For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil, but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol; … Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house, … Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. … Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, … Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes; … … A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike; … …