Proverbs 6:20-23
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Warning against Adultery
20 My son, keep your father’s command,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.(A)
21 Always bind them to your heart;
tie them around your neck.(B)
22 When you walk here and there, they will guide you;
when you lie down, they will watch over you;
when you wake up, they will talk to you.
23 For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,(C)
and corrective discipline is the way to life.(D)
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 13:1
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13 A wise son responds to his father’s discipline,
but a mocker doesn’t listen to rebuke.
Proverbs 15:5
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5 A fool despises his father’s discipline,
but a person who accepts correction is sensible.(A)
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 17:6
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6 Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the pride of children is their fathers.
Proverbs 17:17
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17 A friend loves at all times,(A)
and a brother is born for a difficult time.
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 18:19
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19 An offended brother is harder to reach[a]
than a fortified city,
and quarrels are like the bars of a fortress.
Footnotes
- 18:19 LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg read is stronger
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