Proverbs 4:1
World English Bible
4 Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction.
Pay attention and know understanding;
Proverbs 4:1
New King James Version
Security in Wisdom
4 Hear, (A)my children, the instruction of a father,
And give attention to know understanding;
Proverbs 6:20
World English Bible
20 My son, keep your father’s commandment,
and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
Proverbs 6:20
New King James Version
Beware of Adultery
20 (A)My son, keep your father’s command,
And do not forsake the law of your mother.
Proverbs 19:13
World English Bible
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father.
A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
Proverbs 19:13
New King James Version
13 (A)A foolish son is the ruin of his father,
(B)And the contentions of a wife are a continual [a]dripping.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:13 Irritation
Proverbs 19:14
World English Bible
14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers,
but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.
Proverbs 19:14
New King James Version
Proverbs 22:28
World English Bible
28 Don’t move the ancient boundary stone
which your fathers have set up.
Proverbs 22:28
New King James Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:28 boundary
Proverbs 23:22-25
World English Bible
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
New King James Version
22 (A)Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 (B)Buy the truth, and do not sell it,
Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24 (C)The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And he who begets a wise child will delight in him.
25 Let your father and your mother be glad,
And let her who bore you rejoice.
Proverbs 29:3
World English Bible
3 Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father;
but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
Proverbs 29:3
New King James Version
3 Whoever loves wisdom makes his father rejoice,
But a companion of harlots wastes his wealth.
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