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Proverbs 1:8
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Proverbs 1:8
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Warnings against Evil Companions
8 Hear, my child, your father’s instruction,
and do not reject your mother’s teaching,(A)
Proverbs 1:8
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Proverbs 1:8
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Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom
Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men
Proverbs 6:20
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Proverbs 6:20
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20 My child, keep your father’s commandment,
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.(A)
Proverbs 6:20
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Proverbs 6:20
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Warning Against Adultery
Proverbs 30:17
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Proverbs 30:17
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17 The eye that mocks a father
and scorns to obey a mother
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley
and eaten by the vultures.(A)
Proverbs 30:17
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Proverbs 30:17
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Proverbs 5:1-2
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Proverbs 5:1-2
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Warning against Impurity and Infidelity
5 My child, be attentive to my wisdom;
incline your ear to my understanding,(A)
2 so that you may hold on to prudence,
and your lips may guard knowledge.
Proverbs 5:1-2
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Proverbs 5:1-2
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Warning Against Adultery
Proverbs 2:1
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Proverbs 2:1
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The Value of Wisdom
2 My child, if you accept my words
and treasure up my commandments within you,(A)
Proverbs 2:1
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Proverbs 2:1
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Moral Benefits of Wisdom
2 My son,(A) if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,
Proverbs 4:1-4
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Proverbs 4:1-4
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Parental Advice
4 Listen, children, to a father’s instruction,
and be attentive, that you may gain[a] insight,(A)
2 for I give you good precepts:
do not forsake my teaching.
3 When I was a son with my father,
tender and my mother’s favorite,(B)
4 he taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
keep my commandments and live.(C)
Footnotes
- 4.1 Heb know
Proverbs 4:1-4
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Proverbs 4:1-4
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Get Wisdom at Any Cost
4 Listen, my sons,(A) to a father’s instruction;(B)
pay attention and gain understanding.(C)
2 I give you sound learning,
so do not forsake my teaching.
3 For I too was a son to my father,
still tender, and cherished by my mother.
4 Then he taught me, and he said to me,
“Take hold(D) of my words with all your heart;
keep my commands, and you will live.(E)
Proverbs 1:10
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Proverbs 1:10
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10 My child, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.(A)
Proverbs 1:10
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Proverbs 1:10
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Leviticus 19:3
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Leviticus 19:3
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3 You shall each revere your mother and father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.(A)
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Leviticus 19:3
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Leviticus 19:3
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3 “‘Each of you must respect your mother and father,(A) and you must observe my Sabbaths.(B) I am the Lord your God.(C)
2 Timothy 1:5
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2 Timothy 1:5
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5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, lives in you.(A)
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2 Timothy 1:5
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2 Timothy 1:5
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5 I am reminded of your sincere faith,(A) which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice(B) and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.
Proverbs 31:1
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Proverbs 31:1
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The Teaching of King Lemuel’s Mother
31 The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him:(A)
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Proverbs 31:1
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Proverbs 31:1
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Sayings of King Lemuel
31 The sayings(A) of King Lemuel—an inspired utterance his mother taught him.
Proverbs 7:1
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Proverbs 7:1
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The False Attractions of Adultery
7 My child, keep my words
and store up my commandments with you;(A)
Proverbs 7:1
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Proverbs 7:1
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Warning Against the Adulterous Woman
7 My son,(A) keep my words
and store up my commands within you.
Proverbs 3:1
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Proverbs 3:1
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Admonition to Trust and Honor God
3 My child, do not forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commandments,(A)
Proverbs 3:1
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Proverbs 3:1
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Wisdom Bestows Well-Being
Proverbs 1:15
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Proverbs 1:15
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15 my child, do not walk in their way;
keep your foot from their paths,(A)
Proverbs 1:15
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Proverbs 1:15
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