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My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not reject the teaching of your mother.
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For they are a garland of grace on your head,
And chains and ornaments [of gold] around your neck.

3 My son, do not forget my ^[a]teaching,
But let your heart keep my commandments;
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For length of days and years of life [worth living]
And tranquility and prosperity [the wholeness of life’s blessings] they will add to you.

4 Hear, O children, the instruction of a father,
And pay attention [and be willing to learn] so that you may gain understanding and intelligent discernment.
² 
For I give you good doctrine;
Do not ^[a]turn away from my instruction.
³ 
When I was a son with my father (David),
Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother (Bathsheba),
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He taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
Keep my commandments and live.^(A)

²² 
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for [the hands of] the righteous.

²⁰ 
A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man despises his mother.

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Grandchildren are the crown of aged men,
And the glory of children is their fathers [who live godly lives].^(A)

²¹ 
He who becomes the parent of a fool [who is spiritually blind] does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool [who is spiritually blind] has no joy.

²⁵ 
A foolish son is a grief and anguish to his father
And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.

¹³ 
A foolish (ungodly) son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a [quarrelsome] wife are like a constant dripping [of water].