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Proverbs 1:8-9
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Proverbs 1:8-9
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Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom
Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men
Proverbs 1:8-9
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Proverbs 1:8-9
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A Father’s Exhortation: Acquire Wisdom
8 My child,[a] listen when your father corrects you.
Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
9 What you learn from them will crown you with grace
and be a chain of honor around your neck.
Proverbs 1:8-9
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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 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 4:1-4
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Proverbs 4:1-4
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A Father’s Wise Advice
4 My children,[a] listen when your father corrects you.
Pay attention and learn good judgment,
2 for I am giving you good guidance.
Don’t turn away from my instructions.
3 For I, too, was once my father’s son,
tenderly loved as my mother’s only child.
4 My father taught me,
“Take my words to heart.
Follow my commands, and you will live.
Footnotes
- 4:1 Hebrew My sons.
Proverbs 4:1-4
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Proverbs 4:1-4
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4 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
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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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The Proverbs of Solomon
10 The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise child[a] brings joy to a father;
a foolish child brings grief to a 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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Proverbs 11:29
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Proverbs 11:29
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29 Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise.(A)
Proverbs 11:29
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Proverbs 11:29
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29 Those who bring trouble on their families inherit the wind.
The fool will be a servant to the wise.
Proverbs 11:29
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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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Proverbs 15:20
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20 A wise son brings joy to his father,(A)
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
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Proverbs 15:20
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20 Sensible children bring joy to their father;
foolish children despise their mother.
Proverbs 15:20
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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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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 will rule over the master’s disgraceful son
and will share the inheritance of the master’s children.
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 17:6
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Proverbs 17:6
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6 Children’s children(A) are a crown to the aged,
and parents are the pride of their children.
Proverbs 17:6
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Proverbs 17:6
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6 Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged;
parents[a] are the pride of their children.
Footnotes
- 17:6 Hebrew fathers.
Proverbs 17:6
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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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Proverbs 17:21
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21 To have a fool for a child brings grief;
there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.(A)
Proverbs 17:21
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Proverbs 17:21
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21 It is painful to be the parent of a fool;
there is no joy for the father of a rebel.
Proverbs 17:21
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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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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 Foolish children[a] bring grief to their father
and bitterness to the one who gave them birth.
Footnotes
- 17:25 Hebrew A foolish son.
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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