Proverbs 1:8
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Warnings against Evil Companions
8 Hear, my child, your father’s instruction,
and do not reject your mother’s teaching,(A)
Proverbs 6:20
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20 My child, keep your father’s commandment,
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.(A)
Proverbs 30:17
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17 The eye that mocks a father
and scorns to obey a mother
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley
and eaten by the vultures.(A)
Proverbs 5:1-2
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Warning against Impurity and Infidelity
5 My child, be attentive to my wisdom;
incline your ear to my understanding,(A)
2 so that you may hold on to prudence,
and your lips may guard knowledge.
Proverbs 2:1
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The Value of Wisdom
2 My child, if you accept my words
and treasure up my commandments within you,(A)
Proverbs 4:1-4
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Parental Advice
4 Listen, children, to a father’s instruction,
and be attentive, that you may gain[a] insight,(A)
2 for I give you good precepts:
do not forsake my teaching.
3 When I was a son with my father,
tender and my mother’s favorite,(B)
4 he taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
keep my commandments and live.(C)
Footnotes
- 4.1 Heb know
Proverbs 1:10
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10 My child, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.(A)
Leviticus 19:3
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3 You shall each revere your mother and father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.(A)
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2 Timothy 1:5
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5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, lives in you.(A)
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Proverbs 31:1
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The Teaching of King Lemuel’s Mother
31 The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him:(A)
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Proverbs 7:1
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The False Attractions of Adultery
7 My child, keep my words
and store up my commandments with you;(A)
Proverbs 3:1
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Admonition to Trust and Honor God
3 My child, do not forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commandments,(A)
Proverbs 1:15
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15 my child, do not walk in their way;
keep your foot from their paths,(A)
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