Proverbs 1:8-9
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Avoid evil associations
8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction;
don’t neglect your mother’s teaching;
9 for they are a graceful wreath on your head,
and beads for your neck.
Proverbs 6:20-23
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Danger of adultery
20 My son, keep your father’s command;
don’t abandon your mother’s instruction.
21 Bind them on your heart for all time;
fasten them around your neck.
22 When you walk around, they will lead you;
when you lie down, they will protect you;
when you awake, they will occupy your attention.
23 The commandment is a lamp and instruction a light;
corrective teaching is the path of life.
Proverbs 10:1
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Proverbs of Solomon
10 The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise child makes a father glad,
but a foolish child brings sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 11:29
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29 Those who trouble their family will inherit the wind.
The fool will be servant to the wise.
Proverbs 13:1
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13 A wise son listens to[a] the discipline of his father,
but a mocker doesn’t listen to correction.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:1 Heb lacks listens to.
Proverbs 15:5
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5 A fool doesn’t like a father’s instruction,
but those who heed correction are mature.
Proverbs 15:20
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20 A wise child brings joy to a father,
but fools despise their mothers.
Proverbs 17:6
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6 Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the glory of children is their parents.
Proverbs 17:17
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17 Friends love all the time,
and kinsfolk are born for times of trouble.
Proverbs 17:21
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21 Having a fool for a son brings grief;
there’s no joy for a scoundrel’s father.
Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish son is irritating to his father
and bitter to her who gave birth to him.
Proverbs 18:19
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19 An offended ally is more formidable than a city;
such quarreling is like the bars of a castle.
Proverbs 19:13-14
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13 A foolish son is a disaster to his father;
a contentious wife is like constant dripping.
14 House and riches are an inheritance from one’s ancestors,
but an insightful wife is from the Lord.
Proverbs 19:26-27
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26 Those who assault their father and drive out their mother
are disgraceful children, worthy of reproach.
27 If, my child, you stop listening to discipline,
you will wander away from words of knowledge.
Proverbs 20:20
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20 Those who curse their father or mother—
their lamp will be snuffed out when it becomes dark.
Proverbs 22:15
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15 Folly is bound up in a child’s heart;
the rod of discipline removes it.
Proverbs 22:28
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28 Don’t remove an ancient boundary marker
that your ancestors established.
Proverbs 23:22
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22 Listen to your father, who gave you life;
don’t despise your elderly mother.
Proverbs 23:24-25
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24 The father of the righteous will be very happy;
the one who gives life to the wise will rejoice.
25 Your father and your mother will rejoice;
she who gave you birth will be happy.
Proverbs 27:8
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8 Like a bird wandering from its nest,
so is one who wanders from home.
Proverbs 27:10
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10 Don’t desert your friend or a friend of your family;
don’t go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes.
Better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
Proverbs 28:7
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7 Intelligent children follow Instruction,
but those who befriend gluttons shame their parents.
Proverbs 28:24
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24 Those who steal from their father and mother,
and say, “It’s not a crime,”
are friends of vandals.
Proverbs 29:3
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3 A man who loves wisdom makes his father rejoice,
but one who spends time with prostitutes destroys riches.
Proverbs 30:17
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17 An eye that mocks a father
and rejects obedience to a mother,
may the ravens of the river valley peck it out,
and the eagle’s young eat it.
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