Proverbs 4:1

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A Father's Wise Instruction

4 ^(A)Hear, O sons, a father's instruction,
and be attentive, that you may ^(B)gain^[a] insight,

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Proverbs 6:20

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Warnings Against Adultery

²⁰^(A)My son, keep your father's commandment,
^(B)and forsake not your mother's teaching.

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Proverbs 19:13

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¹³^(A)A foolish son is ruin to his father,
and ^(B)a wife's quarreling is ^(C)a continual dripping of rain.

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Proverbs 19:14

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¹⁴^(A)House and wealth are inherited from fathers,
but a prudent wife is ^(B)from the Lord.

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Proverbs 22:28

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²⁸Do not move the ancient ^(A)landmark
that your fathers have set.

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Proverbs 23:22-25

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²²^(A)Listen to your father who gave you life,
    ^(B)and do not despise your mother when she is old.
²³^(C)Buy truth, and do not sell it;
    buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
²⁴^(D)The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
    he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
²⁵^(E)Let your father and mother be glad;
    let ^(F)her who bore you rejoice.