The Enticement of Sinners

(A)Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
And (B)do not ignore your mother’s teaching;
For they are a (C)graceful wreath for your head
And (D)necklaces for your neck.

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The Enticement of Sinners

(A)Hear, my son, your father's instruction,
    and forsake not your mother's teaching,
for they are (B)a graceful garland for your head
    and (C)pendants for your neck.

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A Father’s Instruction

Listen, my sons, to the (A)instruction of a father,
And (B)pay attention so that you may [a]gain understanding,
For I give you good (C)teaching;
(D)Do not abandon my [b]instruction.
When I was a son to my father,
(E)Tender and (F)the only son in the sight of my mother,
He (G)taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart (H)take hold of my words;
(I)Keep my commandments and live;

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:1 Lit know
  2. Proverbs 4:2 Or law

A Father's Wise Instruction

(A)Hear, O sons, a father's instruction,
    and be attentive, that you may (B)gain[a] insight,
for I give you good (C)precepts;
    do not forsake my teaching.
When I was a son with my father,
    (D)tender, (E)the only one in the sight of my mother,
he (F)taught me and said to me,
(G)“Let your heart hold fast my words;
    (H)keep my commandments, and live.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:1 Hebrew know

Contrast of the Righteous and the Wicked

10 The (A)proverbs of Solomon.

(B)A wise son makes a father glad,
But (C)a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

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The Proverbs of Solomon

10 (A)The proverbs of Solomon.

(B)A wise son makes a glad father,
    (C)but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

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29 One who (A)troubles his own house will (B)inherit wind,
And (C)the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

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29 Whoever (A)troubles his own household will (B)inherit the wind,
    and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

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20 A (A)wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man (B)despises his mother.

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20 (A)A wise son makes a glad father,
    but a foolish man despises his mother.

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A servant who acts wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully,
And will share in the inheritance among brothers.

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A servant who deals wisely will rule over (A)a son who acts shamefully
    and (B)will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

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(A)Grandchildren are the crown of the old,
And the (B)glory of sons is their fathers.

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(A)Grandchildren are (B)the crown of the aged,
    and the glory of children is their fathers.

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21 He who (A)fathers a fool does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool has no joy.

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21 He who (A)sires a fool gets himself sorrow,
    and the father of a fool has no joy.

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25 A (A)foolish son is a grief to his father,
And (B)bitterness to her who gave birth to him.

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25 (A)A foolish son is a grief to his father
    (B)and bitterness to (C)her who bore him.

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13 A (A)foolish son is destruction to his father,
And the (B)quarrels of a wife are a constant dripping.

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13 (A)A foolish son is ruin to his father,
    and (B)a wife's quarreling is (C)a continual dripping of rain.

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26 He (A)who assaults his father and drives his mother away
Is a shameful and disgraceful son.

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26 He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother
    is (A)a son who brings shame and reproach.

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20 He who (A)curses his father or his mother,
His (B)lamp will go out in time of darkness.

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20 (A)If one curses his father or his mother,
    (B)his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

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