Proverbs 1:8-9
English Standard Version
The Enticement of Sinners
8 (A)Hear, my son, your father's instruction,
and forsake not your mother's teaching,
9 for they are (B)a graceful garland for your head
and (C)pendants for your neck.
Proverbs 1:8-9
International Standard Version
The Minor Theme
8 My son, listen to your father’s instruction,
and do not let go of your mother’s teaching.
9 They will be a graceful wreath for your head
and a chain for your neck.
Proverbs 4:1-4
English Standard Version
A Father's Wise Instruction
4 (A)Hear, O sons, a father's instruction,
and be attentive, that you may (B)gain[a] insight,
2 for I give you good (C)precepts;
do not forsake my teaching.
3 When I was a son with my father,
(D)tender, (E)the only one in the sight of my mother,
4 he (F)taught me and said to me,
(G)“Let your heart hold fast my words;
(H)keep my commandments, and live.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 4:1 Hebrew know
Proverbs 4:1-4
International Standard Version
Diligently Pursue Wisdom
4 Listen, children,[a] to your father’s instruction,
and pay attention in order to gain understanding.
2 I give you sound teaching,
so do not abandon my instruction.[b]
3 When I was a son to my father,
not yet strong[c] and an only son to my mother,
4 he taught me and told me,
“Let your heart fully embrace what I have to say;[d]
keep my commandments and live!
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 4:1 Lit. sons
- Proverbs 4:2 Or law
- Proverbs 4:3 Lit. delicate
- Proverbs 4:4 Lit. embrace my words
Proverbs 10:1
English Standard Version
Proverbs 10:1
International Standard Version
Solomon’s Sayings
10 The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son grieves his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
English Standard Version
20 (A)A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
International Standard Version
20 A wise son makes a father glad,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 17:21
English Standard Version
21 He who (A)sires a fool gets himself sorrow,
and the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17:21
International Standard Version
21 The man who fathers a fool does so to his sorrow—
the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17:25
English Standard Version
Proverbs 17:25
International Standard Version
25 A foolish son brings grief to his father
and bitterness to his mother.[a]
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 17:25 Lit. to the one who bore him
Proverbs 19:26
English Standard Version
26 He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother
is (A)a son who brings shame and reproach.
Proverbs 19:26
International Standard Version
26 Whoever mistreats his father
and alienates his mother
is a son who brings both shame and disrespect.
Proverbs 20:20
English Standard Version
Proverbs 20:20
International Standard Version
20 Whoever curses his father or mother,
his lamp will be extinguished in the deepest darkness.
Proverbs 30:11-12
English Standard Version
11 There are those[a] who (A)curse their fathers
and do not bless their mothers.
12 There are those who are (B)clean in their own eyes
but are not washed of their filth.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 30:11 Hebrew There is a generation; also verses 12, 13, 14
Proverbs 30:11-12
International Standard Version
11 Some people[a] curse their fathers
and won’t bless their mothers.
12 Some people[b] view themselves as pure,
but haven’t been cleansed from their own filth.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 30:11 Lit. A generation
- Proverbs 30:12 Lit. A generation
Proverbs 30:17
English Standard Version
17 The eye that (A)mocks a father
and (B)scorns to obey a mother
will (C)be picked out by (D)the ravens of the valley
and eaten by the vultures.
Proverbs 30:17
International Standard Version
17 The eye that mocks a father
and looks with a disobedient attitude at[a] a mother—
the valley ravens will pluck it out;
and vultures will eat it.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 30:17 Lit. and despises obedience to
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