Proverbs 10:1
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The Wise Words of Solomon
10 These are the ·wise words [proverbs] of Solomon:
Wise ·children [sons] make their father happy,
but foolish ·children [sons] make their mother sad.
Proverbs 15:20
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20 Wise ·children [sons] make their father happy,
but foolish ·children [L people] disrespect their mother.
Proverbs 17:2
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2 A ·wise [insightful] servant will rule over the master’s disgraceful child
and will even ·inherit a share of what the master leaves his children [L divide an inheritance with the brothers/relatives].
Proverbs 17:25
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25 Foolish children make their father sad
and cause their mother great ·sorrow [bitterness].
Proverbs 19:13
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13 A foolish ·child [son] ·brings [is a] disaster to a father,
and a ·quarreling [contentious] wife is like ·dripping water [constant dripping].
Proverbs 19:26
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26 A child who ·robs [devastates] his father and ·sends [drives] away his mother
brings shame and disgrace on himself.
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