Proverbs 1:8-9
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8 My son, listen to your father’s instruction,
and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:
9 for they will be a garland to grace your head,
and chains around your neck.
Proverbs 4:1-4
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4 Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction.
Pay attention and know understanding;
2 for I give you sound learning.
Don’t forsake my law.
3 For I was a son to my father,
tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me, and said to me:
“Let your heart retain my words.
Keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 10:1
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10 The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a glad father;
but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
Proverbs 11:29
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29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind.
The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Proverbs 15:20
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20 A wise son makes a father glad,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 17:2
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2 A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame,
and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
Proverbs 17:6
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6 Children’s children are the crown of old men;
the glory of children are their parents.
Proverbs 17:21
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21 He who becomes the father of a fool grieves.
The father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish son brings grief to his father,
and bitterness to her who bore him.
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