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Proverbs 19:26
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Proverbs 19:26
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26 Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother(A)
is a child who brings shame and disgrace.
Proverbs 19:26
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Proverbs 19:26
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26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
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Proverbs 17:2
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Proverbs 17:2
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2 A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son
and will share the inheritance as one of the family.
Proverbs 17:2
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Proverbs 17:2
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2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
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Proverbs 10:5
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Proverbs 10:5
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5 He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son,
but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.(A)
Proverbs 10:5
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Proverbs 10:5
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5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
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Luke 15:30
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Luke 15:30
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30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property(A) with prostitutes(B) comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
Luke 15:30
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Luke 15:30
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30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
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Proverbs 30:17
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Proverbs 30:17
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Proverbs 30:17
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Proverbs 30:17
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17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
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Proverbs 30:11
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Proverbs 30:11
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11 “There are those who curse their fathers
and do not bless their mothers;(A)
Proverbs 30:11
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Proverbs 30:11
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11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
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Proverbs 28:24
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Proverbs 28:24
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Proverbs 28:24
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Proverbs 28:24
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24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
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Proverbs 28:14
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Proverbs 28:14
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14 Blessed is the one who always trembles before God,
but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.
Proverbs 28:14
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Proverbs 28:14
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14 Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
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Proverbs 28:7
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Proverbs 28:7
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7 A discerning son heeds instruction,
but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.(A)
Proverbs 28:7
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Proverbs 28:7
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7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
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Proverbs 23:22-25
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Proverbs 23:22-25
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Saying 17
22 Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.(A)
23 Buy the truth and do not sell it—
wisdom, instruction and insight as well.(B)
24 The father of a righteous child has great joy;
a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.(C)
25 May your father and mother rejoice;
may she who gave you birth be joyful!(D)
Proverbs 23:22-25
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Proverbs 23:22-25
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22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
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Proverbs 17:25
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Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish son brings grief to his father
and bitterness to the mother who bore him.(A)
Proverbs 17:25
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Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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Proverbs 10:1
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Proverbs 10:1
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Proverbs of Solomon
10 The proverbs(A) of Solomon:(B)
A wise son brings joy to his father,(C)
but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
Proverbs 10:1
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Proverbs 10:1
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10 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
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Deuteronomy 21:18-21
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Deuteronomy 21:18-21
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A Rebellious Son
18 If someone has a stubborn and rebellious(A) son(B) who does not obey his father and mother(C) and will not listen to them when they discipline him, 19 his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town. 20 They shall say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.” 21 Then all the men of his town are to stone him to death.(D) You must purge the evil(E) from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid.(F)
Deuteronomy 21:18-21
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Deuteronomy 21:18-21
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18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
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