Proverbs 4:1-4
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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
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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
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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
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20 A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.(A)
Proverbs 17:6
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6 Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the pride of children is their fathers.
Proverbs 17:21
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21 A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow;
the father of a fool has no joy.(A)
Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.(A)
Proverbs 19:13
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Proverbs 19:18
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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
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26 The one who plunders his father and evicts his mother
is a disgraceful and shameful son.
Proverbs 20:7
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Proverbs 22:6
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6 Start a youth out on his way;(A)
even when he grows old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:15
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15 Foolishness is bound to the heart of a youth;
a rod of discipline will separate it from him.(A)
Proverbs 23:13-14
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13 Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;
if you punish him with a rod, he will not die.(A)
14 Punish him with a rod,
and you will rescue his life from Sheol.(B)
Proverbs 29:15
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15 A rod of correction imparts wisdom,(A)
but a youth left to himself[a]
is a disgrace to his mother.(B)
Footnotes
- 29:15 Lit youth sent away
Proverbs 29:17
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17 Discipline your child,(A) and it will bring you peace of mind
and give you delight.
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