17. Correct your son, and he will give you comfort; He will also delight your soul.
18. Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained, But happy is he who keeps the law.
19. A slave will not be instructed by words alone; For though he understands, there will be no response.
20. Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
21. He who pampers his slave from childhood Will in the end find him to be a son.