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A fool will despise the instruction of his father,
    but he who guards reproof is prudent.

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A fool despises a parent’s instruction,
    but the one who heeds admonition is prudent.(A)

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20 A child of wisdom will make a father glad,
    but a foolish person,[a] he despises his mother.

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  1. Proverbs 15:20 Literally “foolishness of humankind”

20 A wise child makes a glad father,
    but the foolish despise their mothers.(A)

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