20 ¶ My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not thy mother’s instruction.

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22 Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

23 Buy [a]the truth, but sell it not: likewise wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise child, shall have joy of him.

25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:23 Spare no cost for truth’s sake, neither depart from it for any gain.

15 The rod and correction give wisdom, but a child set at liberty, maketh his mother ashamed.

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