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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.

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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.
14 (D)House and wealth are inherited from fathers,
    but a prudent wife is (E)from the Lord.

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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.

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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.
27 Cease to hear instruction, my son,
    (B)and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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20 Whoever curses his father or his mother,
    his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

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20 (A)If one curses his father or his mother,
    (B)his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

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15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child:
    the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

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15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but (A)the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

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28 Don’t move the ancient boundary stone
    which your fathers have set up.

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28 Do not move the ancient (A)landmark
    that your fathers have set.

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22 Listen to your father who gave you life,
    and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

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22 (A)Listen to your father who gave you life,
    (B)and do not despise your mother when she is old.

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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!

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24 (A)The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
    he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
25 (B)Let your father and mother be glad;
    let (C)her who bore you rejoice.

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As a bird that wanders from her nest,
    so is a man who wanders from his home.

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Like (A)a bird that strays from its nest
    is a man who strays from his home.

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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.

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10 Do not forsake your friend and (A)your father's friend,
    and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity.
(B)Better is a neighbor who is near
    than a brother who is far away.

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Whoever keeps the law is a wise son;
    but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

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The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding,
    but (A)a companion of gluttons shames his father.

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24 Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “It’s not wrong,”
    is a partner with a destroyer.

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24 Whoever robs his father or his mother
    and says, “That is no transgression,”
    is (A)a companion to a man who destroys.

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Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father;
    but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

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He who (A)loves wisdom makes his father glad,
    but (B)a companion of prostitutes (C)squanders his wealth.

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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.

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17 The eye that (A)mocks a father
    and (B)scorns to obey a mother
will (C)be picked out by (D)the ravens of the valley
    and eaten by the vultures.

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