Proverbs 23:22-23
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22 Listen to your father who begot you,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.(A)
23 Buy truth, and do not sell it;
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.(B)
Proverbs 24:13-14
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13 My child, eat honey, for it is good,
and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.(A)
14 Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
if you find it, you will find a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.(B)
Proverbs 28:5
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5 The evil do not understand justice,
but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.(A)
Proverbs 29:15
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15 The rod and reproof give wisdom,
but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.(A)
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