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13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father:
    and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers:
    and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

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26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother,
    is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction
    that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

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20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother,
    his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

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15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child;
    but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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28 Remove not the ancient landmark,
which thy fathers have set.

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22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee,
and despise not thy mother when she is old.

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24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice:
and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad,
and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

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As a bird that wandereth from her nest,
so is a man that wandereth from his place.

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10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;
neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:
for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

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Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son:
but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

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24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother,
and saith, It is no transgression;
the same is the companion of a destroyer.

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Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father:
but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

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17 The eye that mocketh at his father,
and despiseth to obey his mother,
the ravens of the valley shall pick it out,
and the young eagles shall eat it.

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