Household and Discipline Wisdom Fragments

Household and Discipline Wisdom Fragments

[Wisdom on the ordering of the household, speech, and discipline; preserved in fragments.]

Honor your father and your mother all the days of your life, for they brought you into being; and as they taught you, so teach your children after you. Do not withhold discipline from your son, but correct him in love, that he may walk in the way and not be put to shame. [Text missing]

Rule your house in righteousness; let your words be few and true, and your dealings honest. Guard your mouth, for a careless word kindles strife, and a soft answer turns away wrath. [Line damaged] Let the poor and the sojourner find welcome at your table, and the widow and the orphan find help at your hand.

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