Proverbs 1:8-9
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Avoid evil associations
8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction;
don’t neglect your mother’s teaching;
9 for they are a graceful wreath on your head,
and beads for your neck.
Proverbs 4:1-4
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Love wisdom
4 Hear, children, fatherly instruction;
pay attention to gain understanding.
2 I’ll teach you well.
Don’t abandon my instruction.
3 When I was a son to my father,
tender and my mother’s favorite,
4 he taught me and said to me:
“Let your heart hold on to my words:
Keep my commands and live.
Proverbs 10:1
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Proverbs of Solomon
10 The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise child makes a father glad,
but a foolish child brings sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
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20 A wise child brings joy to a father,
but fools despise their mothers.
Proverbs 17:21
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21 Having a fool for a son brings grief;
there’s no joy for a scoundrel’s father.
Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish son is irritating to his father
and bitter to her who gave birth to him.
Proverbs 19:26
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26 Those who assault their father and drive out their mother
are disgraceful children, worthy of reproach.
Proverbs 20:20
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20 Those who curse their father or mother—
their lamp will be snuffed out when it becomes dark.
Proverbs 30:11-12
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11 There are those who curse their father
and don’t bless their mother.
12 There are those who think they are clean,
but haven’t washed off their own excrement.
Proverbs 30:17
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17 An eye that mocks a father
and rejects obedience to a mother,
may the ravens of the river valley peck it out,
and the eagle’s young eat it.
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