Proverbs 1:8-9
Modern English Version
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 1:8-9
Authorized (King James) Version
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father,
and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 for they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head,
and chains about thy neck.
Proverbs 4:1-4
Modern English Version
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 4:1-4
Authorized (King James) Version
4 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father,
and attend to know understanding.
2 For I give you good doctrine,
forsake ye not my law.
3 For I was my father’s son,
tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me also, and said unto me,
Let thine heart retain my words:
keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 10:1
Modern English Version
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 10:1
Authorized (King James) Version
10 The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son maketh a glad father:
but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 11:29
Modern English Version
29 He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
Proverbs 11:29
Authorized (King James) Version
29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind:
and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Proverbs 15:20
Modern English Version
20 A wise son makes a father glad,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
Authorized (King James) Version
20 A wise son maketh a glad father:
but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Proverbs 17:2
Modern English Version
2 A wise servant will have rule over a son who causes shame,
and will have part of the inheritance among the brothers.
Proverbs 17:2
Authorized (King James) Version
2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame,
and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
Proverbs 17:6
Modern English Version
6 Grandchildren are the crown of old men,
and the glory of children are their fathers.
Proverbs 17:6
Authorized (King James) Version
6 Children’s children are the crown of old men;
and the glory of children are their fathers.
Proverbs 17:21
Modern English Version
21 He who fathers a fool does it to his sorrow,
and the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17:21
Authorized (King James) Version
21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow:
and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Proverbs 17:25
Modern English Version
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father,
and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 17:25
Authorized (King James) Version
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father,
and bitterness to her that bare him.
Proverbs 19:13
Modern English Version
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father,
and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping of water.
Proverbs 19:13
Authorized (King James) Version
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father:
and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 19:26
Modern English Version
26 He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother
is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
Proverbs 19:26
Authorized (King James) Version
26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother,
is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
Proverbs 20:20
Modern English Version
20 Whoever curses his father or his mother,
his lamp will be put out in obscure darkness.
Proverbs 20:20
Authorized (King James) Version
20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother,
his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
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