My son, hear thy [a]father’s instruction, and forsake not thy [b]mother’s teaching.

For they shall be [c]a comely ornament unto thine head, and as chains for thy neck.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:8 He speaketh this in the Name of God, which is the universal Father of all creatures, or in the name of the pastor of the Church, who is as a father.
  2. Proverbs 1:8 That is, of the Church, wherein the faithful are begotten by the incorruptible seed of God’s word.
  3. Proverbs 1:9 Hebrew, increase of grace.

1 Wisdom and her fruits ought to be searched. 14 The way of the wicked must be refused. 20 By the word of God the heart, eyes, and course of life must be guided.

Hear, O ye children, the instruction of a [a]father, and give ear to learn understanding.

For I do give you a good doctrine: therefore forsake ye not my law.

For I was my father’s son, tender and dear in the sight of my mother,

When he [b]taught me, and said unto me, Let thine heart hold fast my words: keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.

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  1. Proverbs 4:1 He speaketh this in the person of a Preacher and Minister, which is as a father unto the people, read Prov. 2:8.
  2. Proverbs 4:4 Meaning, David his father.

10 In this Chapter, and all that follow, unto the thirtieth, the wise man exhorteth by divers sentences, which he calleth Parables, to follow virtue, and flee vice: and also showeth what profit cometh of wisdom, and what hindrance proceedeth of foolishness.

THE PARABLE OF SOLOMON.

A wise (A)son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is an heaviness to his mother.

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29 He that troubleth his own [a]house, shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be [b]servant to the wise in heart.

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  1. Proverbs 11:29 The covetous men that spare their riches to the hindrance of their families, shall be deprived thereof miserably.
  2. Proverbs 11:29 For though the wicked be rich, yet are they but slaves to the godly, which are the true possessors of the gifts of God.

20 (A)A wise son rejoiceth the father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

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A discrete servant shall have rule over a lewd son, and he shall divide the [a]heritage among the brethren.

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  1. Proverbs 17:2 That is, shall be made governor over the children.

Children’s children are the crown of the elders: and the glory of the children are their fathers.

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21 He that begetteth a fool, getteth himself sorrow, and the father of a fool can have no joy.

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25 A foolish son is a grief unto his father, and a (A)heaviness to her that bare him.

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13 (A)A foolish son is the calamity of his father, (B)and the contentions of a wife are like a continual [a]dropping.

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  1. Proverbs 19:13 As rain that droppeth and rotteth the house.

26 He that destroyeth his father, or chaseth away his mother, is a lewd and shameful child.

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20 (A)He that curseth his father or his mother, his light shall be put out in obscure darkness.

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Teach a child [a]in the trade of his way, and when he is old he shall not depart from it.

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  1. Proverbs 22:6 Bring him up virtuously, and he shall so continue.

22 Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

23 Buy [a]the truth, but sell it not: likewise wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise child, shall have joy of him.

25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

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  1. Proverbs 23:23 Spare no cost for truth’s sake, neither depart from it for any gain.

24 He that robbeth his father and mother, and saith, It is no transgression, is the companion of a man that destroyeth.

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