Proverbs 22:6
World English Bible
6 Train up a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart from it.
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 23:22-25
World English Bible
22 Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and don’t sell it.
Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous has great joy.
Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
25 Let your father and your mother be glad!
Let her who bore you rejoice!
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 28:24
World English Bible
24 Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “It’s not wrong,”
is a partner with a destroyer.
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.
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