Proverbs 1:8-9
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Think and Live Wisely
A Warning Against Sinful Men
8 My son, listen to your father’s advice.
Don’t turn away from your mother’s teaching.
9 What they teach you will be like a beautiful crown on your head.
It will be like a chain to decorate your neck.
Proverbs 3:1-2
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More Good Things Come From Wisdom
3 My son, do not forget my teaching.
Keep my commands in your heart.
2 They will help you live for many years.
They will bring you peace and success.
Proverbs 4:1-4
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Get Wisdom at Any Cost
4 My sons, listen to a father’s teaching.
Pay attention and gain understanding.
2 I give you good advice.
So don’t turn away from what I teach you.
3 I, too, was once a young boy in my father’s house.
And my mother loved me deeply.
4 Then my father taught me.
He said to me, “Take hold of my words with all your heart.
Keep my commands, and you will live.
Proverbs 10:1
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The Proverbs of Solomon
10 These are the proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes his father glad.
But a foolish son brings sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 13:22
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22 A good person leaves what they own to their children and grandchildren.
But a sinner’s wealth is stored up for those who do right.
Proverbs 15:20
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20 A wise son makes his father glad.
But a foolish son hates his mother.
Proverbs 17:6
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6 Grandchildren are like a crown to older people.
And children are proud of their parents.
Proverbs 17:21
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21 It is sad to have a foolish child.
The parents of a godless fool have no joy.
Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish child makes his father sad
and his mother sorry.
Proverbs 19:13
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13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin.
A nagging wife is like dripping that never stops.
Proverbs 19:18
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18 Train your children, because then there is hope.
Don’t do anything to bring about their deaths.
Proverbs 19:26
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26 Anyone who robs their father and drives out their mother
is a child who brings shame and dishonor.
Proverbs 20:7
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7 Those who do what is right live without blame.
Blessed are their children after them.
Proverbs 22:6
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6 Start children off on the right path.
And even when they are old, they will not turn away from it.
Proverbs 22:15
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15 Children are going to do foolish things.
But correcting them will drive that foolishness far away.
Proverbs 23:13-14
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Saying 13
13 Don’t hold back correction from a child.
If you correct them, they won’t die.
14 So correct them.
Then you will save them from death.
Proverbs 29:15
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15 If a child is corrected, they become wise.
But a child who is not corrected brings shame to their mother.
Proverbs 29:17
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17 If you correct your children, they will give you peace.
They will bring you the delights you desire.
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