Proverbs 1:8-9
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The Enticement of Sinners
8 (A)Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
And (B)do not ignore your mother’s teaching;
9 For they are a (C)graceful wreath for your head
And (D)necklaces for your neck.
Proverbs 1:8-9
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Shun Evil Counsel
8 (A)My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not forsake the law of your mother;
9 For they will be a (B)graceful ornament on your head,
And chains about your neck.
Proverbs 4:1-4
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A Father’s Instruction
4 Listen, my sons, to the (A)instruction of a father,
And (B)pay attention so that you may [a]gain understanding,
2 For I give you good (C)teaching;
(D)Do not abandon my [b]instruction.
3 When I was a son to my father,
(E)Tender and (F)the only son in the sight of my mother,
4 He (G)taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart (H)take hold of my words;
(I)Keep my commandments and live;
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:1 Lit know
- Proverbs 4:2 Or law
Proverbs 4:1-4
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Security in Wisdom
4 Hear, (A)my children, the instruction of a father,
And give attention to know understanding;
2 For I give you good doctrine:
Do not forsake my law.
3 When I was my father’s son,
(B)Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,
4 (C)He also taught me, and said to me:
“Let your heart retain my words;
(D)Keep my commands, and live.
Proverbs 10:1
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Proverbs 10:1
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Wise Sayings of Solomon
10 The proverbs of (A)Solomon:
(B)A wise son makes a glad father,
But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 11:29
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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.
Proverbs 11:29
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29 He who troubles his own house (A)will inherit the wind,
And the fool will be (B)servant to the wise of heart.
Proverbs 15:20
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Proverbs 15:20
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20 (A)A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 17:2
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2 A servant who acts wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully,
And will share in the inheritance among brothers.
Proverbs 17:2
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2 A wise servant will rule over (A)a son who causes shame,
And will share an inheritance among the brothers.
Proverbs 17:6
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Proverbs 17:6
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6 (A)Children’s children are the crown of old men,
And the glory of children is their father.
Proverbs 17:21
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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.
Proverbs 17:21
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21 He who begets a scoffer does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17:25
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Proverbs 17:25
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25 A (A)foolish son is a grief to his father,
And bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 19:13
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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.
Proverbs 19:13
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13 (A)A foolish son is the ruin of his father,
(B)And the contentions of a wife are a continual [a]dripping.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:13 Irritation
Proverbs 19:26
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26 He (A)who assaults his father and drives his mother away
Is a shameful and disgraceful son.
Proverbs 19:26
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26 He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother
Is (A)a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
Proverbs 20:20
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Proverbs 20:20
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