A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
    but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.(A)

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A fool rejects his father’s instructions,
    but anyone who respects[a] reproof acts sensibly.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:5 Lit. keeps

20 A wise son brings joy to his father,(A)
    but a foolish man despises his mother.

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

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