Proverbs 1:8-9
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Avoid the Path of the Violent
8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,(A)
9 for they will be a garland(B) of grace on your head
and a gold chain around your neck.(C)
Proverbs 4:1-4
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A Father’s Example
4 Listen, my sons, to a father’s discipline,(A)
and pay attention so that you may gain understanding,
2 for I am giving you good instruction.(B)
Don’t abandon my teaching.
3 When I was a son with my father,
tender and precious to my mother,
4 he taught me and said:
“Your heart must hold on to my words.
Keep my commands and live.(C)
Proverbs 10:1
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A Collection of Solomon’s Proverbs
10 Solomon’s proverbs:(A)
A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.(B)
Proverbs 11:29
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29 The one who brings ruin on his household(A)
will inherit the wind,(B)
and a fool will be a slave
to someone whose heart is wise.
Proverbs 15:20
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20 A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.(A)
Proverbs 17:2
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2 A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son
and share an inheritance among brothers.
Proverbs 17:6
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6 Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the pride of sons is their fathers.
Proverbs 17:21
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21 A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow;
the father of a fool has no joy.(A)
Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.(A)
Proverbs 19:13
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Proverbs 19:26
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26 The one who assaults his father and evicts his mother
is a disgraceful and shameful son.
Proverbs 20:20
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