Proverbs 19:13-14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
13 A stupid child is ruin to a father,
and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.(A)
14 House and wealth are inherited from parents,
but a prudent wife is from the Lord.(B)
Proverbs 19:13-14
Christian Standard Bible
14 A house and wealth are inherited from fathers,(C)
but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
Proverbs 19:26-27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
26 Those who do violence to their father and chase away their mother
are children who cause shame and bring reproach.
27 My child, stop ignoring instruction,
straying[a] from words of knowledge.
Footnotes
- 19.27 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Proverbs 19:26-27
Christian Standard Bible
26 The one who plunders his father and evicts his mother
is a disgraceful and shameful son.
27 If you stop listening to correction, my son,
you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 20:20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
20 If you curse father or mother,
your lamp will go out in utter darkness.(A)
Proverbs 20:20
Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 22:15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline drives it far away.(A)
Proverbs 22:15
Christian Standard Bible
15 Foolishness is bound to the heart of a youth;
a rod of discipline will separate it from him.(A)
Proverbs 22:28
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
28 Do not remove the ancient landmark
that your ancestors set up.(A)
Proverbs 22:28
Christian Standard Bible
28 Don’t move an ancient boundary marker
that your ancestors set up.(A)
Proverbs 23:22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
22 Listen to your father who begot you,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.(A)
Proverbs 23:22
Christian Standard Bible
Footnotes
- 23:22 Or because
Proverbs 23:24-25
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.(A)
25 Let your father and mother be glad;
let her who bore you rejoice.
Proverbs 23:24-25
Christian Standard Bible
24 The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,
and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.(A)
25 Let your father and mother have joy,(B)
and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.
Proverbs 27:8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
8 Like a bird that strays from its nest
is one who strays from home.
Proverbs 27:8
Christian Standard Bible
8 Anyone wandering from his home
is like a bird wandering from its nest.(A)
Proverbs 27:10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
10 Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent;
do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is nearby
than kindred who are far away.(A)
Proverbs 27:10
Christian Standard Bible
10 Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend,(A)
and don’t go to your brother’s house
in your time of calamity;
better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.(B)
Proverbs 28:7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 Those who keep the law are wise children,
but companions of gluttons shame their parents.(A)
Proverbs 28:7
Christian Standard Bible
7 A discerning son keeps the law,
but a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.(A)
Proverbs 28:24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
24 Anyone who robs father or mother
and says, “That is no crime,”
is partner to a thug.(A)
Proverbs 28:24
Christian Standard Bible
24 The one who robs his father or mother(A)
and says, “That’s no sin,”(B)
is a companion to a person who destroys.(C)
Proverbs 29:3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
3 A child who loves wisdom makes a parent glad,
but a companion of prostitutes destroys wealth.(A)
Proverbs 29:3
Christian Standard Bible
3 A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,(A)
but one who consorts with prostitutes destroys his wealth.(B)
Proverbs 30:17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 The eye that mocks a father
and scorns to obey a mother
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley
and eaten by the vultures.(A)
Proverbs 30:17
Christian Standard Bible
17 As for the eye that ridicules a father(A)
and despises obedience to a mother,
may ravens of the valley pluck it out
and young vultures eat it.(B)
New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible®, and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers, all rights reserved.