Further, he will receive śekel tôb as a character quality when he obeys his parent’s teachings.4 The phrase occurs only three times elsewhere (2 Chron. 30:22; Ps. 111:10; Prov. 13:15; see also 1 Sam. 25:3), in each case indicating prudence or insight. The youth receives both of these benefits, graciousness and prudence, in the sight of God and man.5 5 Solomon commands his son to “trust” (bataḥ, cf. 1:33) in the Lord with all of his “heart” (leb). The leb occurs widely to describe the immaterial