Children's Bible

<h3>HOW TO HONOR YOUR PARENTS</h3> <div class='poem'> My son, hear the instruction of your father,<br/> And forsake not the teaching of your mother;<br/> They shall be a crown of beauty for your head,<br/> And a necklace about your neck.<br/> Listen to your father who begat you,<br/> And despise not your mother when she is old.<br/> He who does what he is told is a wise son.<br/> But he who makes friends of spendthrifts,<br/> Brings disgrace on his father.<br/> <br/> He who robs father or mother,<br/> Saying, "There is no wrong in it,"<br/> Is like him who is a destroyer.<br/> He who curses his father or mother,<br/> His lamp shall go out in the blackest of darkness.<br/> A wise son makes a glad father,<br/> But a foolish son despises his mother.<br/> A foolish son is a grief to his father,<br/> And brings bitterness to her who bore him.<br/> <br/> Be wise, my son, and make glad my heart,<br/> That I may answer the one who reproaches me.<br/> Let your father be filled with joy,<br/> And let her who bore you rejoice.<br/></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_216" id="Page_216">[216]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />