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Proverbs 1:8-9
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Proverbs 1:8-9
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Shun Evil Counsel
8 (A)My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not forsake the law of your mother;
9 For they will be a (B)graceful ornament on your head,
And chains about 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 1:8-9
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Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom
Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men
Proverbs 4:1-4
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Proverbs 4:1-4
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Security in Wisdom
4 Hear, (A)my children, the instruction of a father,
And give attention to know understanding;
2 For I give you good doctrine:
Do not forsake my law.
3 When I was my father’s son,
(B)Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,
4 (C)He also taught me, and said to me:
“Let your heart retain my words;
(D)Keep my commands, and live.
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 be attentive 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 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 10:1
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Proverbs 10:1
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Wise Sayings of Solomon
10 The proverbs of (A)Solomon:
(B)A wise son makes a glad father,
But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 10:1
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Proverbs 10:1
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10 A wise son maketh a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
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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 11:29
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Proverbs 11:29
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29 He who troubles his own house (A)will inherit the wind,
And the fool will be (B)servant to the wise of heart.
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 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 15:20
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Proverbs 15:20
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20 (A)A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man despises his 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 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 17:2
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Proverbs 17:2
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2 A wise servant will rule over (A)a son who causes shame,
And will share an inheritance among the brothers.
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 17:2
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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 17:6
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Proverbs 17:6
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6 (A)Children’s children are the crown of old men,
And the glory of children is their father.
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 17:6
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6 Children’s children(A) are a crown to the aged,
and parents are the pride of their children.
Proverbs 17:21
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Proverbs 17:21
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21 He who begets a scoffer does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17:21
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Proverbs 17:21
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21 He that begetteth a fool doeth so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool hath no joy.
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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 17:25
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Proverbs 17:25
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25 A (A)foolish son is a grief to his father,
And bitterness to her who bore him.
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 bore him.
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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)
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