Proverbs 1:8
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Lecture Against Gang Behavior
8 My child, may you keep[a] your father’s instruction,
and do not reject your mother’s teachings,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:8 Or “obey,” or “hear”
Proverbs 1:20-33
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The Call of Lady Wisdom
20 Wisdom calls out in the streets,
in the squares she raises her voice.
21 On a busy corner[a] she cries out,
at the entrances of the gates in the city, she speaks her sayings:
22 “How long,[b] O simple ones, will you love simplicity?
And how long will scoffers delight in their scoffing,
and fools hate knowledge?
23 May you turn to my argument![c]
Behold, I shall pour out my spirit upon you;
I will make my words known to you.
24 Because I called out and you refused me,
I stretched out my hand, yet there is none who heeds.
25 You have ignored all my counsel,
and my reproof you are not willing to accept.
26 I will also laugh at your calamity;[d]
I will mock when panic[e] comes upon you.
27 When your panic comes like a storm,
and your calamity arrives like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you,
28 then they will call[f] me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but not find me.
29 Since they hated knowledge,
and did not choose the fear of Yahweh,
30 they were not willing to accept my counsel,
they despised all my reproof.
31 They shall eat from the fruit of their way,
and they shall be sated from their own schemes,
32 for the waywardness of the simple ones will kill them,
and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
33 Whoever listens to me will dwell in security
and rest securely[g] from dread and disaster.”
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:21 Literally “head of commotion,” or “head of stirring, bustling”
- Proverbs 1:22 Literally “Until when”
- Proverbs 1:23 Or “turn at my reproach”
- Proverbs 1:26 Or “downfall”
- Proverbs 1:26 Or “dread, fear”
- Proverbs 1:28 Or “cry out to”
- Proverbs 1:33 Or “be at ease, peace”
Proverbs 3:11-12
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Happy Is the One Who Finds Wisdom
11 Do not despise the discipline of Yahweh, my child.
Do not be weary of his reproof
12 because whomever Yahweh will love, he will rebuke,
as a father delights in his son.
Proverbs 4:1
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The Father’s Wisdom
4 Children, listen to the instruction of a father,
and be attentive in order to know insight.
Proverbs 9:7-8
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7 He who corrects a scoffer gains abuse for himself,
and he who rebukes the wicked gets hurt.[a]
8 Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you;
rebuke the wise and he will love you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:7 Literally “abuse him”
Proverbs 10:17
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17 On the path to life is he who guards instruction,
but he who rejects rebuke goes astray.
Proverbs 12:1
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12 He who loves discipline loves knowledge,
but he who hates rebuke is stupid.
Proverbs 13:1
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13 A wise child hears the discipline of a father,
but a scoffer does not listen to a rebuke.
Proverbs 13:18
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18 Poverty and disgrace belong to him who ignores instruction,
but he who guards reproof will be honored.
Proverbs 15:5
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5 A fool will despise the instruction of his father,
but he who guards reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 15:12
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12 A scoffer does not like his rebuke;[a]
to the wise he will not go.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:12 Literally “rebuke belonging to him”
Proverbs 15:32
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:32 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
- Proverbs 15:32 Or “mind”
Proverbs 17:12
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12 May a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring
and not a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 25:12
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12 A ring of gold and an ornament of fine gold
is a rebuke of the wise to the ear of a listener.
Proverbs 27:17
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:17 Or “is united with”
- Proverbs 27:17 Literally “a man sharpens the faces of his friend”
Proverbs 28:23
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23 He who rebukes a person will afterward find more favor
than he who flatters with the tongue.
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