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Proverbs 4:1
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Proverbs 4:1
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A Father’s Instruction
4 Listen, my sons, to the (A)instruction of a father,
And (B)pay attention so that you may [a]gain understanding,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:1 Lit know
Proverbs 4:1
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Proverbs 4:1
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Fatherly Advice
4 Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction,
and be attentive, that you may gain[a] insight;
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- Proverbs 4:1 Heb know
Proverbs 4:1
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Proverbs 4:1
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Get Wisdom at Any Cost
Proverbs 6:20
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Proverbs 6:20
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20 (A)My son, comply with the commandment of your father,
And do not ignore the [a]teaching of your mother;
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:20 Or law
Proverbs 6:20
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Proverbs 6:20
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20 My son, keep your father’s commandment,
and forsake not your mother’s teaching.
Proverbs 6:20
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Proverbs 6:20
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Warning Against Adultery
Proverbs 19:13
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Proverbs 19:13
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13 A (A)foolish son is destruction to his father,
And the (B)quarrels of a wife are a constant dripping.
Proverbs 19:13
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Proverbs 19:13
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13 A foolish son is ruin to his father,
and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
Proverbs 19:13
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Proverbs 19:13
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Proverbs 19:14
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Proverbs 19:14
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14 House and wealth are an (A)inheritance from fathers,
But a prudent wife is from the Lord.
Proverbs 19:14
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Proverbs 19:14
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14 House and wealth are inherited from fathers,
but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
Proverbs 19:14
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Proverbs 19:14
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Proverbs 22:28
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Proverbs 22:28
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28 (A)Do not move the ancient boundary
Which your fathers have set.
Proverbs 22:28
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Proverbs 22:28
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28 Remove not the ancient landmark
which your fathers have set.
Proverbs 22:28
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Proverbs 22:28
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Saying 5
28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone(A)
set up by your ancestors.
Proverbs 23:22-25
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Proverbs 23:22-25
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22 (A)Listen to your father, who fathered you,
And (B)do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 (C)Buy truth, and do not sell it,
Get wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And (D)he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
25 Let your (E)father and your mother be glad,
And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.
Proverbs 23:22-25
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Proverbs 23:22-25
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22 Hearken to your father who begot you,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 Buy truth, and do not sell it;
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who begets a wise son will be glad in him.
25 Let your father and mother be glad,
let her who bore you rejoice.
Proverbs 23:22-25
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Proverbs 23:22-25
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Saying 17
22 Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.(A)
23 Buy the truth and do not sell it—
wisdom, instruction and insight as well.(B)
24 The father of a righteous child has great joy;
a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.(C)
25 May your father and mother rejoice;
may she who gave you birth be joyful!(D)
Proverbs 29:3
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Proverbs 29:3
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3 A man who (A)loves wisdom makes his father glad,
But he who (B)involves himself with prostitutes wastes his wealth.
Proverbs 29:3
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Proverbs 29:3
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3 He who loves wisdom makes his father glad,
but one who keeps company with harlots squanders his substance.
Proverbs 29:3
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Proverbs 29:3
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