Proverbs 1:8-9
World English Bible
8 My son, listen to your father’s instruction,
and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:
9 for they will be a garland to grace your head,
and chains around your neck.
Proverbs 3:1-2
World English Bible
3 My son, don’t forget my teaching;
but let your heart keep my commandments:
2 for they will add to you length of days,
years of life, and peace.
Proverbs 4:1-4
World English Bible
4 Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction.
Pay attention and know understanding;
2 for I give you sound learning.
Don’t forsake my law.
3 For I was a son to my father,
tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me, and said to me:
“Let your heart retain my words.
Keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4:1-4
Christian Standard Bible
A Father’s Example
4 Listen, 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 10:1
World English Bible
10 The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a glad father;
but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
Proverbs 10:1
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 13:22
World English Bible
22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.
Proverbs 13:22
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)
Footnotes
- 13:22 Or inheritance: his
Proverbs 15:20
World English Bible
20 A wise son makes a father glad,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
Christian Standard Bible
20 A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.(A)
Proverbs 17:6
World English Bible
6 Children’s children are the crown of old men;
the glory of children are their parents.
Proverbs 17:6
Christian Standard Bible
6 Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the pride of children is their fathers.
Proverbs 17:21
World English Bible
21 He who becomes the father of a fool grieves.
The father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17:21
Christian Standard Bible
21 A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow;
the father of a fool has no joy.(A)
Proverbs 17:25
World English Bible
25 A foolish son brings grief to his father,
and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 17:25
Christian Standard Bible
25 A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.(A)
Proverbs 19:13
World English Bible
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father.
A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
Proverbs 19:13
Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 19:18
World English Bible
18 Discipline your son, for there is hope;
don’t be a willing party to his death.
Proverbs 19:18
Christian Standard Bible
18 Discipline your son while there is hope;
don’t set your heart on being the cause of his death.[a](A)
Footnotes
- 19:18 Lit don’t lift up your soul to his death
Proverbs 19:26
World English Bible
26 He who robs his father and drives away his mother
is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
Proverbs 19:26
Christian Standard Bible
26 The one who plunders his father and evicts his mother
is a disgraceful and shameful son.
Proverbs 20:7
World English Bible
7 A righteous man walks in integrity.
Blessed are his children after him.
Proverbs 20:7
Christian Standard Bible
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