Proverbs 4:1
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Proverbs 4:1
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Fatherly Advice
4 Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction,
and be attentive, that you may gain[a] insight;
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:1 Heb know
Proverbs 6:20
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20 My child, keep your father’s commandment,
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.(A)
Proverbs 6:20
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20 My son, keep your father’s commandment,
and forsake not your mother’s teaching.
Proverbs 19:13
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13 A stupid child is ruin to a father,
and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.(A)
Proverbs 19:13
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13 A foolish son is ruin to his father,
and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
Proverbs 19:14
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14 House and wealth are inherited from parents,
but a prudent wife is from the Lord.(A)
Proverbs 19:14
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14 House and wealth are inherited from fathers,
but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
Proverbs 22:28
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28 Do not remove the ancient landmark
that your ancestors set up.(A)
Proverbs 22:28
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28 Remove not the ancient landmark
which your fathers have set.
Proverbs 23:22-25
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22 Listen to your father who begot you,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.(A)
23 Buy truth, and do not sell it;
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.(B)
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.(C)
25 Let your father and mother be glad;
let her who bore you rejoice.
Proverbs 23:22-25
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22 Hearken to your father who begot you,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 Buy truth, and do not sell it;
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who begets a wise son will be glad in him.
25 Let your father and mother be glad,
let her who bore you rejoice.
Proverbs 29:3
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3 A child who loves wisdom makes a parent glad,
but a companion of prostitutes destroys wealth.(A)
Proverbs 29:3
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3 He who loves wisdom makes his father glad,
but one who keeps company with harlots squanders his substance.
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