Get Wisdom at Any Cost

Listen, my sons,(A) to a father’s instruction;(B)
    pay attention and gain understanding.(C)

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Diligently Pursue Wisdom

Listen, children,[a] to your father’s instruction,
and pay attention in order to gain understanding.

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  1. Proverbs 4:1 Lit. sons

Warning Against Adultery

20 My son,(A) keep your father’s command
    and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.(B)

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Parental Counsel about Immorality

20 Keep your father’s commands, my son,
    and never forsake your mother’s rules,[a]

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  1. Proverbs 6:20 Or laws

13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin,(A)
    and a quarrelsome wife is like
    the constant dripping of a leaky roof.(B)

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13 A father’s ruin is a foolish son,
    and a wife’s quarreling is like[a] dripping water that never stops.

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  1. Proverbs 19:13 The Heb. lacks like

14 Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,(A)
    but a prudent wife is from the Lord.(B)

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14 A house and self-sufficiency are a father’s inheritance,
    but from the Lord comes an insightful wife.

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Saying 5

28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone(A)
    set up by your ancestors.

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28 Don’t remove an ancient boundary stone
    that was set up by your ancestors.

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Saying 17

22 Listen to your father, who gave you life,
    and do not despise your mother when she is old.(A)
23 Buy the truth and do not sell it—
    wisdom, instruction and insight as well.(B)
24 The father of a righteous child has great joy;
    a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.(C)
25 May your father and mother rejoice;
    may she who gave you birth be joyful!(D)

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22 Listen to the one who fathered you,
    and don’t despise your mother in her old age.

23 Purchase truth, but don’t sell it;
    store up[a] wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

24 The father of a righteous person will greatly rejoice;
    whoever fathers a wise son will be glad because of him.
25 Let your father and mother rejoice;
    make the one who gave birth to you happy.

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  1. Proverbs 23:23 The Heb. lacks store up

A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,(A)
    but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.(B)

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The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,
    but anyone who consorts with immoral women squanders his wealth.

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