15 My son, if your heart is wise,
my heart will indeed rejoice.(A)
16 My innermost being will cheer
when your lips say what is right.(B)

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22 Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when[a] she is old.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:22 Or because

24 The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,
and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.(A)
25 Let your father and mother have joy,(B)
and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.

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