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
Lexham English Bible
Lecture Against Gang Behavior
8 My child, may you keep[a] your father’s instruction,
and do not reject your mother’s teachings,
9 for they are a garland of favor for your head,
and pendants for your neck.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:8 Or “obey,” or “hear”
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
Lexham English Bible
The Father’s Wisdom
4 Children, listen to the instruction of a father,
and be attentive in order to know insight.
2 For I have given you good instruction;
do not forsake my teaching.
3 When I was a son to my father,
tender and alone before my mother,
4 he taught me and said to me,
“May your heart hold fast to my words;
guard my commandments and live.
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
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs of Solomon
10 The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise child makes a father glad,
but a foolish child grieves his mother.
Proverbs 11:29
Holman Christian Standard Bible
29 The one who brings ruin on his household(A)
will inherit the wind,(B)
and a fool will be a slave
to someone whose heart is wise.
Proverbs 11:29
Lexham English Bible
29 He who brings trouble to his household, he will inherit wind,[a]
and a fool will serve the wise of heart.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:29 Or “breath, spirit”
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
Lexham English Bible
20 A child of wisdom will make a father glad,
but a foolish person,[a] he despises his mother.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:20 Literally “foolishness of humankind”
Proverbs 17:2
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son
and share an inheritance among brothers.
Proverbs 17:2
Lexham English Bible
2 A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully,
and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.
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
Lexham English Bible
6 The crown of the elderly are grandchildren,[a]
and the glory of children is their fathers.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:6 Literally “sons of sons”
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
Lexham English Bible
21 He who begets a fool, there is trouble for him;
the father of a fool will not rejoice.
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
Lexham English Bible
25 A grief to his father is the child of a fool,
and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 19:13
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 19:13
Lexham English Bible
13 A foolish child is a ruin to his father,
and the quarreling of a woman[a] is a continuous dripping.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:13 Or “wife”
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
Lexham English Bible
26 He who does violence to a father, he who chases away a mother,
is a child who causes shame and brings reproach.
Proverbs 20:20
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 20:20
Lexham English Bible
20 He who curses his father and his mother,
his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:20 Literally “in a pupil of darkness”
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