17   Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
leb³⁸²⁰ qana'⁷⁰⁶⁵ chatta'²⁴⁰⁰ yir'ah³³⁷⁴ Yhovah³⁰⁶⁸ yowm³¹¹⁷

18   For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
yesh³⁴²⁶ 'achariyth³¹⁹ tiqvah⁸⁶¹⁵ karath³⁷⁷²

19   Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
shama`⁸⁰⁸⁵ ben¹¹²¹ chakam²⁴⁴⁹ 'ashar⁸³³ leb³⁸²⁰ derek¹⁸⁷⁰

20   Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
yayin³¹⁹⁶ zalal²¹⁵¹ basar¹³²⁰

21   For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
caba'⁵⁴³³ zalal²¹⁵¹ yarash³⁴²³ nuwmah⁵¹²⁴ labash³⁸⁴⁷ qera`⁷¹⁶⁸

22   Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
shama`⁸⁰⁸⁵ 'ab¹ yalad³²⁰⁵ buwz⁹³⁶ 'em⁵¹⁷ zaqen²²⁰⁴

23   Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
qanah⁷⁰⁶⁹ 'emeth⁵⁷¹ makar⁴³⁷⁶ chokmah²⁴⁵¹ muwcar⁴¹⁴⁸ biynah⁹⁹⁸

24   The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
'ab¹ tsaddiyq⁶⁶⁶² giyl¹⁵²⁴ giyl¹⁵²³ yalad³²⁰⁵ chakam²⁴⁵⁰ samach⁸⁰⁵⁵

25   Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
'ab¹ 'em⁵¹⁷ samach⁸⁰⁵⁵ yalad³²⁰⁵ giyl¹⁵²³