Proverbs 23:22-23
New King James Version
22 (A)Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 (B)Buy the truth, and do not sell it,
Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Proverbs 23:22-23
New International Version
Saying 17
Proverbs 24:13-14
New King James Version
13 My son, (A)eat honey because it is good,
And the honeycomb which is sweet to your taste;
14 (B)So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul;
If you have found it, there is a [a]prospect,
And your hope will not be cut off.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:14 Lit. latter end
Proverbs 24:13-14
New International Version
Saying 26
13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good;
honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
14 Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:
If you find it, there is a future hope for you,
and your hope will not be cut off.(A)
Proverbs 28:5
New King James Version
Proverbs 28:5
New International Version
5 Evildoers do not understand what is right,
but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.
Proverbs 29:15
New King James Version
15 The rod and rebuke give (A)wisdom,
But a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
Proverbs 29:15
New International Version
15 A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,
but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.(A)
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