Proverbs 1:8-9
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Think and Live Wisely
A Warning Against Sinful Men
8 My son, listen to your father’s advice.
Don’t turn away from your mother’s teaching.
9 What they teach you will be like a beautiful crown on your head.
It will be like a chain to decorate your neck.
Proverbs 6:20-23
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A Warning Against Committing Adultery
20 My son, keep your father’s command.
Don’t turn away from your mother’s teaching.
21 Always tie them on your heart.
Put them around your neck.
22 When you walk, they will guide you.
When you sleep, they will watch over you.
When you wake up, they will speak to you.
23 Your father’s command is like a lamp.
Your mother’s teaching is like a light.
And whatever instructs and corrects you
leads to life.
Proverbs 10:1
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The Proverbs of Solomon
10 These are the proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes his father glad.
But a foolish son brings sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 11:29
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29 Those who bring ruin on their families will receive nothing but wind.
And foolish people will serve wise people.
Proverbs 13:1
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13 A wise son pays attention to what his father teaches him.
But anyone who makes fun of others doesn’t listen to warnings.
Proverbs 15:5
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5 A foolish person turns their back on their parent’s correction.
But anyone who accepts correction shows understanding.
Proverbs 15:20
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20 A wise son makes his father glad.
But a foolish son hates his mother.
Proverbs 17:6
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6 Grandchildren are like a crown to older people.
And children are proud of their parents.
Proverbs 17:17
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17 A friend loves at all times.
They are there to help when trouble comes.
Proverbs 17:21
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21 It is sad to have a foolish child.
The parents of a godless fool have no joy.
Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish child makes his father sad
and his mother sorry.
Proverbs 18:19
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19 A broken friendship is harder to handle than a city with high walls around it.
And arguing is like the locked gates of a mighty city.
Proverbs 19:13-14
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13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin.
A nagging wife is like dripping that never stops.
14 You will receive houses and wealth from your parents.
But a wise wife is given by the Lord.
Proverbs 19:26-27
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26 Anyone who robs their father and drives out their mother
is a child who brings shame and dishonor.
27 My son, if you stop listening to what I teach you,
you will wander away from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 20:20
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20 If anyone asks for bad things to happen to their father or mother,
that person’s lamp will be blown out in total darkness.
Proverbs 22:15
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15 Children are going to do foolish things.
But correcting them will drive that foolishness far away.
Proverbs 22:28
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Proverbs 23:22
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Saying 17
22 Listen to your father, who gave you life.
Don’t hate your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:24-25
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24 The father of a godly child is very happy.
A man who has a wise son is glad.
25 May your father and mother be glad.
May the woman who gave birth to you be joyful.
Proverbs 27:8
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8 Anyone who runs away from home
is like a bird that flies away from its nest.
Proverbs 27:10
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10 Don’t desert your friend or a friend of your family.
And don’t go to your relative’s house when trouble strikes you.
A neighbor nearby is better than a relative far away.
Proverbs 28:7
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7 A child who understands what is right learns from instruction.
But a child who likes to eat too much brings shame on his father.
Proverbs 28:24
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24 Anyone who steals from their parents and says, “It’s not wrong,”
is just like someone who destroys.
Proverbs 29:3
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3 A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad.
But a man who spends time with prostitutes wastes his father’s wealth.
Proverbs 30:17
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17 “One person makes fun of their father.
Another doesn’t honor their mother when she is old.
The ravens of the valley will peck out their eyes.
Then the vultures will eat them.
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