Proverbs 1:8-9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Avoid the Path of the Violent
8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,(A)
9 for they will be a garland(B) of grace on your head
and a gold chain around your neck.(C)
Proverbs 1:8-9
New Living Translation
A Father’s Exhortation: Acquire Wisdom
8 My child,[a] listen when your father corrects you.
Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
9 What you learn from them will crown you with grace
and be a chain of honor around your neck.
Proverbs 3:1-2
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Trust the Lord
3 My son, don’t forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commands;(A)
2 for they will bring you
many days, a full life,[a](B) and well-being.(C)
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 3:2 Lit days, years of life
Proverbs 3:1-2
New Living Translation
Trusting in the Lord
3 My child,[a] never forget the things I have taught you.
Store my commands in your heart.
2 If you do this, you will live many years,
and your life will be satisfying.
Proverbs 4:1-4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
A Father’s Example
4 Listen, my sons, to a father’s discipline,(A)
and pay attention so that you may gain understanding,
2 for I am giving you good instruction.(B)
Don’t abandon my teaching.
3 When I was a son with my father,
tender and precious to my mother,
4 he taught me and said:
“Your heart must hold on to my words.
Keep my commands and live.(C)
Proverbs 4:1-4
New Living Translation
A Father’s Wise Advice
4 My children,[a] listen when your father corrects you.
Pay attention and learn good judgment,
2 for I am giving you good guidance.
Don’t turn away from my instructions.
3 For I, too, was once my father’s son,
tenderly loved as my mother’s only child.
4 My father taught me,
“Take my words to heart.
Follow my commands, and you will live.
Notas al pie
- 4:1 Hebrew My sons.
Proverbs 10:1
Holman Christian Standard Bible
A Collection of Solomon’s Proverbs
10 Solomon’s proverbs:(A)
A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.(B)
Proverbs 10:1
New Living Translation
The Proverbs of Solomon
10 The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise child[a] brings joy to a father;
a foolish child brings grief to a mother.
Proverbs 13:22
Holman Christian Standard Bible
22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his[a] grandchildren,
but the sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.(A)
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 13:22 Or inheritance: his
Proverbs 13:22
New Living Translation
22 Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren,
but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.
Proverbs 15:20
Holman Christian Standard Bible
20 A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.(A)
Proverbs 15:20
New Living Translation
20 Sensible children bring joy to their father;
foolish children despise their mother.
Proverbs 17:6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
6 Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the pride of sons is their fathers.
Proverbs 17:6
New Living Translation
6 Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged;
parents[a] are the pride of their children.
Notas al pie
- 17:6 Hebrew fathers.
Proverbs 17:21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
21 A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow;
the father of a fool has no joy.(A)
Proverbs 17:21
New Living Translation
21 It is painful to be the parent of a fool;
there is no joy for the father of a rebel.
Proverbs 17:25
Holman Christian Standard Bible
25 A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.(A)
Proverbs 17:25
New Living Translation
25 Foolish children[a] bring grief to their father
and bitterness to the one who gave them birth.
Notas al pie
- 17:25 Hebrew A foolish son.
Proverbs 19:13
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 19:13
New Living Translation
13 A foolish child[a] is a calamity to a father;
a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.
Proverbs 19:18
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 19:18 Lit don’t lift up your soul to his death
Proverbs 19:18
New Living Translation
18 Discipline your children while there is hope.
Otherwise you will ruin their lives.
Proverbs 19:26
Holman Christian Standard Bible
26 The one who assaults his father and evicts his mother
is a disgraceful and shameful son.
Proverbs 19:26
New Living Translation
26 Children who mistreat their father or chase away their mother
are an embarrassment and a public disgrace.
Proverbs 20:7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
7 The one who lives with integrity is righteous;(A)
his children[a] who come after him will be happy.(B)
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 20:7 Lit sons
Proverbs 20:7
New Living Translation
7 The godly walk with integrity;
blessed are their children who follow them.
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