Proverbs 1:8-9
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8 My son, listen to your father’s instruction,
and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:
9 for they will be a garland to grace your head,
and chains around your neck.
Proverbs 1:8-9
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Warnings against Evil Companions
8 Hear, my child, your father’s instruction,
and do not reject your mother’s teaching,(A)
9 for they are a fair garland for your head
and pendants for your neck.(B)
Proverbs 4:1-4
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4 Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction.
Pay attention and know understanding;
2 for I give you sound learning.
Don’t forsake my law.
3 For I was a son to my father,
tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me, and said to me:
“Let your heart retain my words.
Keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4:1-4
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Parental Advice
4 Listen, children, to a father’s instruction,
and be attentive, that you may gain[a] insight,(A)
2 for I give you good precepts:
do not forsake my teaching.
3 When I was a son with my father,
tender and my mother’s favorite,(B)
4 he taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
keep my commandments and live.(C)
Footnotes
- 4.1 Heb know
Proverbs 10:1
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10 The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a glad father;
but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
Proverbs 10:1
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Wise Sayings of Solomon
10 The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise child makes a glad father,
but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.(A)
Proverbs 15:20
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20 A wise son makes a father glad,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
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20 A wise child makes a glad father,
but the foolish despise their mothers.(A)
Proverbs 17:21
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21 He who becomes the father of a fool grieves.
The father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17:21
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21 The one who fathers a fool gets trouble;
the parent of a fool has no joy.(A)
Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish son brings grief to his father,
and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 17:25
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25 Foolish children are a grief to their father
and bitterness to her who bore them.(A)
Proverbs 19:26
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26 He who robs his father and drives away his mother
is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
Proverbs 19:26
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26 Those who do violence to their father and chase away their mother
are children who cause shame and bring reproach.
Proverbs 20:20
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20 Whoever curses his father or his mother,
his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
Proverbs 20:20
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20 If you curse father or mother,
your lamp will go out in utter darkness.(A)
Proverbs 30:11-12
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11 There is a generation that curses their father,
and doesn’t bless their mother.
12 There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes,
yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Proverbs 30:11-12
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11 There are those who curse their fathers
and do not bless their mothers.(A)
12 There are those who are pure in their own eyes,
yet are not cleansed of their filthiness.(B)
Proverbs 30:17
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17 “The eye that mocks at his father,
and scorns obedience to his mother:
the ravens of the valley shall pick it out,
the young eagles shall eat it.
Proverbs 30:17
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17 The eye that mocks a father
and scorns to obey a mother
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley
and eaten by the vultures.(A)
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