22:4 A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband: but she that liveth dishonestly is her father’s heaviness.
22:5 She that is bold dishonoureth both her father and her husband, but they both shall despise her.
22:6 A tale out of season [is as] musick in mourning: but stripes and correction of wisdom are never out of time.
22:7 Whoso teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a potsherd together, and as he that waketh one from a sound sleep.
22:8 He that telleth a tale to a fool speaketh to one in a slumber: when he hath told his tale, he will say, What is the matter?
22:9 If children live honestly, and have wherewithal, they shall cover the baseness of their parents.
22:10 But children, being haughty, through disdain and want of nurture do stain the nobility of their kindred.
22:11 Weep for the dead, for he hath lost the light: and weep for the fool, for he wanteth understanding: make little weeping for the dead, for he is at rest: but the life of the fool is worse than death.
22:12 Seven days do men mourn for him that is dead; but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of his life.
22:13 Talk not much with a fool, and go not to him that hath no understanding: beware of him, lest thou have trouble, and thou shalt never be defiled with his fooleries: depart from him, and thou shalt find rest, and never be disquieted with madness.