Proverbs 4:1
New Living Translation
A Father’s Wise Advice
4 My children,[a] listen when your father corrects you.
Pay attention and learn good judgment,
Footnotes
- 4:1 Hebrew My sons.
Proverbs 4:1
New American Standard Bible
A Father’s Instruction
4 Listen, my sons, to the (A)instruction of a father,
And (B)pay attention so that you may [a]gain understanding,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:1 Lit know
Proverbs 6:20
New Living Translation
20 My son, obey your father’s commands,
and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
Proverbs 6:20
New American Standard Bible
20 (A)My son, comply with the commandment of your father,
And do not ignore the [a]teaching of your mother;
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:20 Or law
Proverbs 19:13
New Living Translation
13 A foolish child[a] is a calamity to a father;
a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.
Proverbs 19:13
New American Standard Bible
13 A (A)foolish son is destruction to his father,
And the (B)quarrels of a wife are a constant dripping.
Proverbs 19:14
New Living Translation
14 Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth,
but only the Lord can give an understanding wife.
Proverbs 19:14
New American Standard Bible
14 House and wealth are an (A)inheritance from fathers,
But a prudent wife is from the Lord.
Proverbs 22:28
New Living Translation
28 Don’t cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers
set up by previous generations.
Proverbs 22:28
New American Standard Bible
28 (A)Do not move the ancient boundary
Which your fathers have set.
Proverbs 23:22-25
New Living Translation
22 Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
23 Get the truth and never sell it;
also get wisdom, discipline, and good judgment.
24 The father of godly children has cause for joy.
What a pleasure to have children who are wise.[a]
25 So give your father and mother joy!
May she who gave you birth be happy.
Footnotes
- 23:24 Hebrew to have a wise son.
Proverbs 23:22-25
New American Standard Bible
22 (A)Listen to your father, who fathered you,
And (B)do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 (C)Buy truth, and do not sell it,
Get wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And (D)he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
25 Let your (E)father and your mother be glad,
And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.
Proverbs 29:3
New Living Translation
3 The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,
but if he hangs around with prostitutes, his wealth is wasted.
Proverbs 29:3
New American Standard Bible
3 A man who (A)loves wisdom makes his father glad,
But he who (B)involves himself with prostitutes wastes his wealth.
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