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
21st Century 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.
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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
21st Century King James Version
4 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and be attentive 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.
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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
21st Century King James Version
10 A wise son maketh a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
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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
21st Century 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.
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Proverbs 15:20
Modern English Version
20 A wise son makes a father glad,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
21st Century King James Version
20 A wise son maketh a glad father, but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
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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
21st Century 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.
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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
21st Century King James Version
6 Children’s children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children are their fathers.
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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
21st Century King James Version
21 He that begetteth a fool doeth so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool hath no joy.
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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
21st Century King James Version
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
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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
21st Century King James Version
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.
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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
21st Century King James Version
26 He that afflicteth his father and chaseth away his mother is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.
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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
21st Century King James Version
20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
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