The Enticement of Sinners

(A)Hear, my son, your father's instruction,
    and forsake not your mother's teaching,
for they are (B)a graceful garland for your head
    and (C)pendants for your neck.

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Warnings against Evil Companions

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction,
    and reject not your mother’s teaching;
for they are a fair garland for your head,
    and pendants for your neck.

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Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart

(A)My son, do not forget my teaching,
    (B)but let your heart keep my commandments,
for (C)length of days and years of life
    and (D)peace they will add to you.

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Admonition to Trust and Honor God

My son, do not forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commandments;
for length of days and years of life
    and abundant welfare will they give you.

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A Father's Wise Instruction

(A)Hear, O sons, a father's instruction,
    and be attentive, that you may (B)gain[a] insight,
for I give you good (C)precepts;
    do not forsake my teaching.
When I was a son with my father,
    (D)tender, (E)the only one in the sight of my mother,
he (F)taught me and said to me,
(G)“Let your heart hold fast my words;
    (H)keep my commandments, and live.

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Fatherly Advice

Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction,
and be attentive, that you may gain[a] insight;
for I give you good precepts:
    do not forsake my teaching.
When I was a son with my father,
    tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,
he taught me, and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
    keep my commandments, and live;

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The Proverbs of Solomon

10 (A)The proverbs of Solomon.

(B)A wise son makes a glad father,
    (C)but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

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Wise Sayings of Solomon

10 The proverbs of Solomon.

A wise son makes a glad father,
    but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

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22 (A)A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children,
    but (B)the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.

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22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
    but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.

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20 (A)A wise son makes a glad father,
    but a foolish man despises his mother.

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20 A wise son makes a glad father,
    but a foolish man despises his mother.

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(A)Grandchildren are (B)the crown of the aged,
    and the glory of children is their fathers.

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Grandchildren are the crown of the aged,
    and the glory of sons is their fathers.

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21 He who (A)sires a fool gets himself sorrow,
    and the father of a fool has no joy.

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21 A stupid son is a grief to a father;
    and the father of a fool has no joy.

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25 (A)A foolish son is a grief to his father
    (B)and bitterness to (C)her who bore him.

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25 A foolish son is a grief to his father
    and bitterness to her who bore him.

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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.

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13 A foolish son is ruin to his father,
    and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

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18 (A)Discipline your son, for there is hope;
    do not set your heart on (B)putting him to death.

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18 Discipline your son while there is hope;
    do not set your heart on his destruction.

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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.

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26 He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother
    is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

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The righteous who (A)walks in his integrity—
    (B)blessed are his children after him!

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A righteous man who walks in his integrity—
    blessed are his sons after him!

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