Proverbs 4:1
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4 Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction.
Pay attention and know understanding;
Proverbs 4:1
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Proverbs 6:20
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20 My son, keep your father’s commandment,
and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
Proverbs 6:20
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Warnings Against Adultery
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Proverbs 19:13
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13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father.
A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
Proverbs 19:13
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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.
Proverbs 19:14
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14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers,
but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.
Proverbs 19:14
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Proverbs 22:28
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28 Don’t move the ancient boundary stone
which your fathers have set up.
Proverbs 22:28
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28 Do not move the ancient (A)landmark
that your fathers have set.
Proverbs 23:22-25
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22 Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and don’t sell it.
Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous has great joy.
Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
25 Let your father and your mother be glad!
Let her who bore you rejoice!
Proverbs 23:22-25
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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.
Proverbs 29:3
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3 Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father;
but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
Proverbs 29:3
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3 He who (A)loves wisdom makes his father glad,
but (B)a companion of prostitutes (C)squanders his wealth.
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