Proverbs 4:1
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A Father’s Example
4 Listen, my sons, to a father’s discipline,(A)
and pay attention so that you may gain understanding,
Proverbs 6:20
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Warning against Adultery
20 My son, keep your father’s command,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.(A)
Proverbs 19:13
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Proverbs 19:14
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14 A house and wealth are inherited from fathers,(A)
but a sensible wife is from the Lord.
Proverbs 22:28
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28 Don’t move an ancient boundary marker
that your fathers set up.(A)
Proverbs 23:22-25
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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)
23 Buy—and do not sell—truth,
wisdom, instruction, and understanding.(B)
24 The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,
and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.(C)
25 Let your father and mother have joy,(D)
and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:22 Or because
Proverbs 29:3
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3 A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,(A)
but one who consorts with prostitutes destroys his wealth.(B)
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