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13 A foolish child is a ruin to his father,
    and the quarreling of a woman[a] is a continuous dripping.
14 A house and wealth are an inheritance from fathers,
    but from Yahweh comes a woman[b] who is prudent.

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  1. Proverbs 19:13 Or “wife”
  2. Proverbs 19:14 Or “wife”

13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin,(A)
and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.(B)

14 A house and wealth are inherited from fathers,(C)
but a sensible wife is from the Lord.

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26 He who does violence to a father, he who chases away a mother,
    is a child who causes shame and brings reproach.
27 Cease to listen to instruction, my child,
    and you will stray[a] from sayings of knowledge.

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  1. Proverbs 19:27 Literally “in order to stray”

26 The one who assaults his father and evicts his mother
is a disgraceful and shameful son.

27 If you stop listening to correction, my son,
you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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20 He who curses his father and his mother,
    his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 20:20 Literally “in a pupil of darkness”

20 Whoever curses his father or mother(A)
his lamp will go out in deep darkness.(B)

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15 Folly is bound up in the heart[a] of a boy;[b]
    the rod of discipline will drive it[c] from him.

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  1. Proverbs 22:15 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 22:15 Or “young man,” or “adolescent”
  3. Proverbs 22:15 That is, folly

15 Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth;
the rod of discipline will drive it away from him.(A)

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28 Do not remove an ancient boundary marker
    which your ancestors[a] made.

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  1. Proverbs 22:28 Or “fathers”

28 Don’t move an ancient boundary marker
that your fathers set up.(A)

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22 Listen to your father—he who gave you life,[a]
    and do not despise your mother when[b] she is old.

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  1. Proverbs 23:22 Literally “caused you to be born”
  2. Proverbs 23:22 Or “for, because”

22 Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when[a] she is old.(A)

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  1. Proverbs 23:22 Or because

24 The father of the righteous will surely rejoice;
    he who bears a wise person will be happy with him.
25 May your father and your mother be glad,
    and may she who bore you rejoice.

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24 The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,
and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.(A)
25 Let your father and mother have joy,(B)
and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.

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Like a bird that strays from its nest,
    so is a man who strays from his place.

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A man wandering from his home
is like a bird wandering from its nest.(A)

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10 As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake them,
    and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity.
    Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother.

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10 Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend,(A)
and don’t go to your brother’s house
in your time of calamity;
better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.(B)

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He who keeps instruction is a child of understanding,
    but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.

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A discerning son keeps the law,
but a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.(A)

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24 He who robs his father and his mother and says, “There is no crime,”
    is partner to a man who corrupts.

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24 The one who robs his father or mother(A)
and says, “That’s no sin,”(B)
is a companion to a man who destroys.(C)

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A man who loves wisdom will make his parents glad,
    but the friend of prostitutes[a] will squander his wealth.

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  1. Proverbs 29:3 Or “whores”

A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,(A)
but one who consorts with prostitutes destroys his wealth.(B)

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17 The eye that mocks a father
    and scorns the obedience of a mother—
the ravens of the valley will peck it out,
    and the offspring of vultures will eat it.

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17 As for the eye that ridicules a father(A)
and despises obedience to a mother,
may ravens of the valley pluck it out
and young vultures eat it.(B)

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