A Father's Wise Instruction

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:1 Hebrew know

Love wisdom

Hear, children, fatherly instruction;
    pay attention to gain understanding.

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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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Danger of adultery

20 My son, keep your father’s command;
    don’t abandon your mother’s instruction.

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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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13 A foolish son is a disaster to his father;
    a contentious wife is like constant dripping.

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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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14 House and riches are an inheritance from one’s ancestors,
    but an insightful wife is from the Lord.

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

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28 Don’t remove an ancient boundary marker
    that your ancestors established.

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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.

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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.

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He who (A)loves wisdom makes his father glad,
    but (B)a companion of prostitutes (C)squanders his wealth.

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A man who loves wisdom makes his father rejoice,
    but one who spends time with prostitutes destroys riches.

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