Proverbs 19:13-14
World English Bible
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father.
A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers,
but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.
Proverbs 19:13-14
Common English Bible
13 A foolish son is a disaster to his father;
a contentious wife is like constant dripping.
14 House and riches are an inheritance from one’s ancestors,
but an insightful wife is from the Lord.
Proverbs 19:26-27
World English Bible
26 He who robs his father and drives away his mother
is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
27 If you stop listening to instruction, my son,
you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 19:26-27
Common English Bible
26 Those who assault their father and drive out their mother
are disgraceful children, worthy of reproach.
27 If, my child, you stop listening to discipline,
you will wander away from words of knowledge.
Proverbs 20:20
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20 Whoever curses his father or his mother,
his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
Proverbs 20:20
Common English Bible
20 Those who curse their father or mother—
their lamp will be snuffed out when it becomes dark.
Proverbs 22:15
World English Bible
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child:
the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Proverbs 22:15
Common English Bible
15 Folly is bound up in a child’s heart;
the rod of discipline removes it.
Proverbs 22:28
World English Bible
28 Don’t move the ancient boundary stone
which your fathers have set up.
Proverbs 22:28
Common English Bible
28 Don’t remove an ancient boundary marker
that your ancestors established.
Proverbs 23:22
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22 Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:22
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22 Listen to your father, who gave you life;
don’t despise your elderly mother.
Proverbs 23:24-25
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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 23:24-25
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24 The father of the righteous will be very happy;
the one who gives life to the wise will rejoice.
25 Your father and your mother will rejoice;
she who gave you birth will be happy.
Proverbs 27:8
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8 As a bird that wanders from her nest,
so is a man who wanders from his home.
Proverbs 27:8
Common English Bible
8 Like a bird wandering from its nest,
so is one who wanders from home.
Proverbs 27:10
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10 Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.
Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
Proverbs 27:10
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10 Don’t desert your friend or a friend of your family;
don’t go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes.
Better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
Proverbs 28:7
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7 Whoever keeps the law is a wise son;
but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.
Proverbs 28:7
Common English Bible
7 Intelligent children follow Instruction,
but those who befriend gluttons shame their parents.
Proverbs 28:24
World English Bible
24 Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “It’s not wrong,”
is a partner with a destroyer.
Proverbs 28:24
Common English Bible
24 Those who steal from their father and mother,
and say, “It’s not a crime,”
are friends of vandals.
Proverbs 29:3
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3 Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father;
but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
Proverbs 29:3
Common English Bible
3 A man who loves wisdom makes his father rejoice,
but one who spends time with prostitutes destroys riches.
Proverbs 30:17
World English Bible
17 “The eye that mocks at his father,
and scorns obedience to his mother:
the ravens of the valley shall pick it out,
the young eagles shall eat it.
Proverbs 30:17
Common English Bible
17 An eye that mocks a father
and rejects obedience to a mother,
may the ravens of the river valley peck it out,
and the eagle’s young eat it.
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