Proverbs 10:1
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Proverbs 10:1
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Wise Sayings of Solomon
10 The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise child makes a glad father,
but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.(A)
Proverbs 15:20
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20 (A)A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
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20 A wise child makes a glad father,
but the foolish despise their mothers.(A)
Proverbs 17:2
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2 A servant who deals wisely will rule over (A)a son who acts shamefully
and (B)will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
Proverbs 17:2
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2 A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully
and will share the inheritance as one of the family.(A)
Proverbs 17:25
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Proverbs 17:25
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25 Foolish children are a grief to their father
and bitterness to her who bore them.(A)
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 19:13
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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 19:26
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26 He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother
is (A)a son who brings shame and reproach.
Proverbs 19:26
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26 Those who do violence to their father and chase away their mother
are children who cause shame and bring reproach.
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