Proverbs 1:8-9
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8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
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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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Proverbs 11:29
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29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
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Proverbs 15:20
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20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
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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 17:6
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6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
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Proverbs 17:21
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21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
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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 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 20:20
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20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
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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 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 16:31
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31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
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Proverbs 20:29
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29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.
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Proverbs 11:22
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22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
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Proverbs 12:4
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4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
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Proverbs 14:1
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14 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
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Proverbs 18:22
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22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
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Proverbs 19:13-14
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13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
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Proverbs 21:9
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9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
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Proverbs 27:15-16
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15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
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Proverbs 14:28
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28 In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
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Proverbs 14:35
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35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
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Proverbs 16:10
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10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
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Proverbs 16:12-15
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12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
15 In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
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