Proverbs 4:1
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Proverbs 4:1
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Love wisdom
4 Hear, children, fatherly instruction;
pay attention to gain understanding.
Proverbs 6:20
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Warnings Against Adultery
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Proverbs 6:20
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Danger of adultery
20 My son, keep your father’s command;
don’t abandon your mother’s instruction.
Proverbs 19:13
English Standard Version
13 (A)A foolish son is ruin to his father,
and (B)a wife's quarreling is (C)a continual dripping of rain.
Proverbs 19:13
Common English Bible
13 A foolish son is a disaster to his father;
a contentious wife is like constant dripping.
Proverbs 19:14
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Proverbs 19:14
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14 House and riches are an inheritance from one’s ancestors,
but an insightful wife is from the Lord.
Proverbs 22:28
English Standard Version
28 Do not move the ancient (A)landmark
that your fathers have set.
Proverbs 22:28
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28 Don’t remove an ancient boundary marker
that your ancestors established.
Proverbs 23:22-25
English Standard Version
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.
Proverbs 23:22-25
Common English Bible
22 Listen to your father, who gave you life;
don’t despise your elderly mother.
23 Buy truth and don’t sell it;
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous will be very happy;
the one who gives life to the wise will rejoice.
25 Your father and your mother will rejoice;
she who gave you birth will be happy.
Proverbs 29:3
English Standard Version
3 He who (A)loves wisdom makes his father glad,
but (B)a companion of prostitutes (C)squanders his wealth.
Proverbs 29:3
Common English Bible
3 A man who loves wisdom makes his father rejoice,
but one who spends time with prostitutes destroys riches.
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