Proverbs 4:1
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An Address to Sons:
Your Parents Teach You Wisdom
4 Listen, you sons, to a father’s discipline.
Pay attention so that you will gain discernment,
Proverbs 6:20
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Ninth Address to a Son:
Avoid Sexual Immorality
20 My son, keep your father’s commands,
and do not forsake your mother’s teachings.
Proverbs 19:13
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Dealing With Fools
13 A foolish son is a disaster to his father,
and a nagging wife is like constantly dripping water.
Proverbs 19:14
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14 Home and wealth are an inheritance from fathers,
but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.
Proverbs 22:28
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28 Do not move an ancient boundary marker
that your ancestors made.
Proverbs 23:22-25
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22 Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 Buy truth and do not sell it.
Buy wisdom, discipline, and knowledge.
24 The father of a righteous child will celebrate greatly.
One who fathers a wise son will find joy in him.
25 Your father and your mother will find joy,
and she who gave birth to you will celebrate.
Proverbs 29:3
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3 A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,
but one who visits prostitutes destroys his wealth.
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