Proverbs 22:6
New Living Translation
6 Direct your children onto the right path,
and when they are older, they will not leave it.
Proverbs 22:6
Living Bible
6 Teach a child to choose the right path, and when he is older, he will remain upon it.
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Proverbs 23:22-25
New Living Translation
22 Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
23 Get the truth and never sell it;
also get wisdom, discipline, and good judgment.
24 The father of godly children has cause for joy.
What a pleasure to have children who are wise.[a]
25 So give your father and mother joy!
May she who gave you birth be happy.
Footnotes
- 23:24 Hebrew to have a wise son.
Proverbs 23:22-25
Living Bible
22 Listen to your father’s advice and don’t despise an old mother’s experience. 23 Get the facts at any price, and hold on tightly to all the good sense you can get. 24-25 The father of a godly man has cause for joy—what pleasure a wise son is! So give your parents joy!
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Proverbs 28:24
New Living Translation
24 Anyone who steals from his father and mother
and says, “What’s wrong with that?”
is no better than a murderer.
Proverbs 28:24
Living Bible
24 A man who robs his parents and says, “What’s wrong with that?” is no better than a murderer.
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