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My son, keep your father’s command,And do not forsake the law of your mother.
Children’s children are the crown of old men,And the glory of children is their father.
Listen to your father who begot you,And do not despise your mother when she is old.
Let your fountain be blessed,And rejoice with the wife of your youth.
Through wisdom a house is built,And by understanding it is established;
He who mistreats his father and chases away his motherIs a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
Who can find a virtuous wife?For her worth is far above rubies.
I would lead you and bring youInto the house of my mother,She who used to instruct me.I would cause you to drink of spiced wine,Of the juice of my pomegranate.
As one whom his mother comforts,So I will comfort you;And you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.”
“Can a woman forget her nursing child,And not have compassion on the son of her womb?Surely they may forget,Yet I will not forget you.
