Proverbs 29:3
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3 He who (A)loves wisdom makes his father glad,
but (B)a companion of prostitutes (C)squanders his wealth.
Proverbs 27:11
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Luke 15:30
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30 But when this son of yours came, (A)who has devoured (B)your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’
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Proverbs 15:20
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20 (A)A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 10:1
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Luke 15:13
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13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in (A)reckless living.
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Proverbs 28:7
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7 The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding,
but (A)a companion of gluttons shames his father.
Proverbs 6:26
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26 for (A)the price of a prostitute is only (B)a loaf of bread,[a]
but a married woman[b] (C)hunts down a precious life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:26 Or (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate) for a prostitute leaves a man with nothing but a loaf of bread
- Proverbs 6:26 Hebrew a man's wife
Proverbs 5:8-10
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8 Keep your way far from her,
and do not go near the door of her house,
9 lest you give your honor to others
and your years to the merciless,
10 lest strangers take their fill of your strength,
and your (A)labors go to the house of a foreigner,
Luke 1:13-17
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13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for (A)your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and (B)you shall call his name John. 14 And you will have joy and gladness, and many will (C)rejoice at his birth, 15 for he will be (D)great before the Lord. And (E)he must not drink wine or strong (F)drink, and (G)he will be (H)filled with the Holy Spirit, (I)even from his mother's womb. 16 And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, 17 and (J)he will go before him (K)in the spirit and power of Elijah, (L)to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and (M)the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, (N)to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”
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Proverbs 28:19
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19 (A)Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread,
but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
Proverbs 23:24-25
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24 (A)The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
25 (B)Let your father and mother be glad;
let (C)her who bore you rejoice.
Proverbs 23:15
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15 (A)My son, if your heart is wise,
my heart too will be glad.
Proverbs 21:20
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Proverbs 21:17
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17 Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man;
he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
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