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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.

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22 Listen to your father who begot you,
    and do not despise your mother when she is old.(A)
23 Buy truth, and do not sell it;
    buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.(B)

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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.

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13 My child, eat honey, for it is good,
    and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.(A)
14 Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
    if you find it, you will find a future,
    and your hope will not be cut off.(B)

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Evil men don’t understand justice;
    but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

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The evil do not understand justice,
    but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.(A)

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15 The rod of correction gives wisdom,
    but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

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15 The rod and reproof give wisdom,
    but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.(A)

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