20 Son, do what your father tells you and never forget what your mother taught you. 21 Keep their words with you always, locked in your heart. 22 Their teaching will lead you when you travel, protect you at night, and advise you during the day. 23 Their instructions are a shining light; their correction can teach you how to live.

19 A lie has a short life, but truth lives on forever.

6 Righteousness protects the innocent; wickedness is the downfall of sinners.

10 An intelligent person learns more from one rebuke than a fool learns from being beaten a hundred times.

13 A reliable messenger is refreshing to the one who sends him, like cold water in the heat of harvest time.

5 Better to correct someone openly than to let him think you don't care for him at all.