Proverbs 1:8-9
Modern English Version
The Prologue: Embrace Wisdom
8 My son, hear the instruction of your father,
and do not forsake the teaching of your mother;
9 for they will be a garland of grace on your head,
and chains about your neck.
Proverbs 1:8-9
Authorized (King James) Version
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father,
and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 for they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head,
and chains about thy neck.
Proverbs 6:20-23
Modern English Version
Warning Against Adultery
20 My son, keep your father’s commandment,
and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.
21 Bind them continually upon your heart,
and tie them around your neck.
22 When you go, they will lead you;
when you sleep, they will keep you;
and when you awake, they will speak with you.
23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light;
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
Proverbs 6:20-23
Authorized (King James) Version
20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment,
and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21 bind them continually upon thine heart,
and tie them about thy neck.
22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee;
when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee;
and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Proverbs 10:1
Modern English Version
The Proverbs of Solomon
10 The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 10:1
Authorized (King James) Version
10 The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son maketh a glad father:
but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 11:29
Modern English Version
29 He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
Proverbs 11:29
Authorized (King James) Version
29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind:
and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Proverbs 13:1
Modern English Version
13 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
Proverbs 13:1
Authorized (King James) Version
13 A wise son heareth his father’s instruction:
but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 15:5
Modern English Version
5 A fool despises his father’s instruction,
but he who regards reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 15:5
Authorized (King James) Version
5 A fool despiseth his father’s instruction:
but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 15:20
Modern English Version
20 A wise son makes a father glad,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
Authorized (King James) Version
20 A wise son maketh a glad father:
but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Proverbs 17:6
Modern English Version
6 Grandchildren are the crown of old men,
and the glory of children are their fathers.
Proverbs 17:6
Authorized (King James) Version
6 Children’s children are the crown of old men;
and the glory of children are their fathers.
Proverbs 17:17
Modern English Version
17 A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17
Authorized (King James) Version
17 A friend loveth at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:21
Modern English Version
21 He who fathers a fool does it to his sorrow,
and the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17:21
Authorized (King James) Version
21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow:
and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Proverbs 17:25
Modern English Version
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father,
and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 17:25
Authorized (King James) Version
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father,
and bitterness to her that bare him.
Proverbs 18:19
Modern English Version
19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city,
and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Proverbs 18:19
Authorized (King James) Version
19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city:
and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
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