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³ Those who honour their father atone for sins,
⁴   and those who respect their mother are like those who lay up treasure.
⁵ Those who honour their father will have joy in their own children,
   and when they pray they will be heard.
⁶ Those who respect their father will have long life,
   and those who honour^* their mother obey the Lord;
⁷   they will serve their parents as their masters.^*
8 Honour your father by word and deed,
   that his blessing may come upon you.
⁹ For a father’s blessing strengthens the houses of the children,
   but a mother’s curse uproots their foundations.
¹⁰ Do not glorify yourself by dishonouring your father,
   for your father’s dishonour is no glory to you.
¹¹ The glory of one’s father is one’s own glory,
   and it is a disgrace for children not to respect their mother.

¹² My child, help your father in his old age,
   and do not grieve him as long as he lives;
¹³ even if his mind fails, be patient with him;
   because you have all your faculties do not despise him.
¹⁴ For kindness to a father will not be forgotten,
   and will be credited to you against your sins;
¹⁵ in the day of your distress it will be remembered in your favour;
   like frost in fair weather, your sins will melt away.
¹⁶ Whoever forsakes a father is like a blasphemer,
   and whoever angers a mother is cursed by the Lord.

Humility

¹⁷ My child, perform your tasks with humility;^*
   then you will be loved by those whom God accepts.