Proverbs 23:22-23
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.
Proverbs 23:22-23
New International Version
Saying 17
Proverbs 24:13-14
World English Bible
13 My son, eat honey, for it is good,
the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste;
14 so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul.
If you have found it, then there will be a reward:
Your hope will not be cut off.
Proverbs 24:13-14
New International Version
Saying 26
13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good;
honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
14 Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:
If you find it, there is a future hope for you,
and your hope will not be cut off.(A)
Proverbs 28:5
World English Bible
5 Evil men don’t understand justice;
but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.
Proverbs 28:5
New International Version
5 Evildoers do not understand what is right,
but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.
Proverbs 29:15
World English Bible
15 The rod of correction gives wisdom,
but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
Proverbs 29:15
New International Version
15 A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,
but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.(A)
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