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Warning Against Adultery

20 (A)My son, observe the commandment of your father
And do not abandon the [a]law of your mother;

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  1. Proverbs 6:20 Or instruction

20 My son, keep your father’s commandment,
    and forsake not your mother’s teaching.

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22 (A)Listen to your father who begot you,
And (B)do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 (C)Buy truth, and do not sell it,
Get wisdom and discipline and understanding.

24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And (D)he who begets 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.

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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.

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15 The (A)rod and reproof give wisdom,
But a child [a]left to himself (B)brings shame to his mother.

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  1. Proverbs 29:15 Lit set loose

15 The rod and reproof give wisdom,
    but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

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