Proverbs 1:8-9
New Living Translation
A Father’s Exhortation: Acquire Wisdom
8 My child,[a] listen when your father corrects you.
Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
9 What you learn from them will crown you with grace
and be a chain of honor around your neck.
Proverbs 1:8-9
Lexham English Bible
Lecture Against Gang Behavior
8 My child, may you keep[a] your father’s instruction,
and do not reject your mother’s teachings,
9 for they are a garland of favor for your head,
and pendants for your neck.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 1:8 Or “obey,” or “hear”
Proverbs 6:20-23
New Living Translation
20 My son, obey your father’s commands,
and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
21 Keep their words always in your heart.
Tie them around your neck.
22 When you walk, their counsel will lead you.
When you sleep, they will protect you.
When you wake up, they will advise you.
23 For their command is a lamp
and their instruction a light;
their corrective discipline
is the way to life.
Proverbs 6:20-23
Lexham English Bible
Commandment and Instruction as Guardians
20 My child, keep the commandment of your father,
and do not disregard the instruction of your mother.
21 Bind them on your heart continually;
tie them upon your neck.
22 When you walk,[a] she[b] will lead you,
When you lie down,[c] she will watch over you,
and when you awake, she will converse with you.
23 For like a lamp is a commandment, and instruction is light,
and the way of life[d] is the reproof of discipline,
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 6:22 Literally “In your walking”
- Proverbs 6:22 That is, “commandment” and “instruction”
- Proverbs 6:22 Literally “In your lying down”
- Proverbs 6:23 Hebrew “lives”
Proverbs 10:1
New Living Translation
The Proverbs of Solomon
10 The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise child[a] brings joy to a father;
a foolish child brings grief to a mother.
Proverbs 10:1
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs of Solomon
10 The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise child makes a father glad,
but a foolish child grieves his mother.
Proverbs 11:29
New Living Translation
29 Those who bring trouble on their families inherit the wind.
The fool will be a servant to the wise.
Proverbs 11:29
Lexham English Bible
29 He who brings trouble to his household, he will inherit wind,[a]
and a fool will serve the wise of heart.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 11:29 Or “breath, spirit”
Proverbs 13:1
New Living Translation
13 A wise child accepts a parent’s discipline;[a]
a mocker refuses to listen to correction.
Notas al pie
- 13:1 Hebrew A wise son accepts his father’s discipline.
Proverbs 13:1
Lexham English Bible
13 A wise child hears the discipline of a father,
but a scoffer does not listen to a rebuke.
Proverbs 15:5
New Living Translation
5 Only a fool despises a parent’s[a] discipline;
whoever learns from correction is wise.
Notas al pie
- 15:5 Hebrew father’s.
Proverbs 15:5
Lexham English Bible
5 A fool will despise the instruction of his father,
but he who guards reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 15:20
New Living Translation
20 Sensible children bring joy to their father;
foolish children despise their mother.
Proverbs 15:20
Lexham English Bible
20 A child of wisdom will make a father glad,
but a foolish person,[a] he despises his mother.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 15:20 Literally “foolishness of humankind”
Proverbs 17:6
New Living Translation
6 Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged;
parents[a] are the pride of their children.
Notas al pie
- 17:6 Hebrew fathers.
Proverbs 17:6
Lexham English Bible
6 The crown of the elderly are grandchildren,[a]
and the glory of children is their fathers.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 17:6 Literally “sons of sons”
Proverbs 17:17
New Living Translation
17 A friend is always loyal,
and a brother is born to help in time of need.
Proverbs 17:17
Lexham English Bible
17 The friend loves at all times[a],
but a brother is born for adversity.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 17:17 Hebrew “time”
Proverbs 17:21
New Living Translation
21 It is painful to be the parent of a fool;
there is no joy for the father of a rebel.
Proverbs 17:21
Lexham English Bible
21 He who begets a fool, there is trouble for him;
the father of a fool will not rejoice.
Proverbs 17:25
New Living Translation
25 Foolish children[a] bring grief to their father
and bitterness to the one who gave them birth.
Notas al pie
- 17:25 Hebrew A foolish son.
Proverbs 17:25
Lexham English Bible
25 A grief to his father is the child of a fool,
and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 18:19
New Living Translation
19 An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city.
Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars.
Proverbs 18:19
Lexham English Bible
19 A brother who is offended is worse than a city of strength,
and quarrels are like the bars of a fortification.
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