Proverbs 23:22-28

2216. Listen to your father. You would not be alive without him. Continue to respect your mother when she becomes old.

23Truth, wisdom, good teaching and knowledge are valuable things. Buy them for yourself. Do not sell them.

24The father of a righteous person will be very happy. He will be proud of a wise child.

25So make your father and your mother proud of you. Do things that will make your mother happy.

2617. Listen to me carefully, my son. Watch how I live.

27Prostitutes are a dangerous trap for men. Women who are not faithful to their husbands can cause men to fall into danger, like a deep well.

28They are like robbers who wait to attack people. They take more and more men away from their wives.