Proverbs 1:8-9
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The Prologue: Embrace Wisdom
8 My son, hear the instruction of your father,
and do not forsake the teaching of your mother;
9 for they will be a garland of grace on your head,
and chains about your neck.
Proverbs 3:1-2
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The Rewards of Wisdom
3 My son, do not forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commandments;
2 for length of days and long life
and peace will they add to you.
Proverbs 4:1-4
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Wisdom Is Supreme
4 Hear, O children, the instruction of a father,
and attend to know understanding.
2 For I give you good precepts;
do not forsake my teaching.
3 For I was my father’s son,
tender and the only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4 He also taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart retain my words;
keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 10:1
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The Proverbs of Solomon
10 The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 13:22
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22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Proverbs 15:20
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20 A wise son makes a father glad,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 17:6
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6 Grandchildren are the crown of old men,
and the glory of children are their fathers.
Proverbs 17:21
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21 He who fathers a fool does it to his sorrow,
and the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish son is a grief to his father,
and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 19:13
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13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father,
and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping of water.
Proverbs 19:18
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18 Chasten your son while there is hope,
and let not your soul spare for his crying.
Proverbs 19:26
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26 He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother
is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
Proverbs 20:7
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7 The just man walks in his integrity;
his children are blessed after him.
Proverbs 22:6
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6 Train up a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:15
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15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child,
but the rod of correction will drive it far from him.
Proverbs 23:13-14
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Saying Thirteen
13 Do not withhold correction from a child,
for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.
14 You shall beat him with the rod,
and deliver his soul from death.
Proverbs 29:15
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15 The rod and reproof give wisdom,
but a child left to himself brings his mother to shame.
Proverbs 29:17
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17 Correct your son, and he will give you rest;
yes, he will give delight to your soul.
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