Proverbs 1:8-9
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8 My son, hear thy [a]father’s instruction, and forsake not thy [b]mother’s teaching.
9 For they shall be [c]a comely ornament unto thine head, and as chains for thy neck.
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- Proverbs 1:8 He speaketh this in the Name of God, which is the universal Father of all creatures, or in the name of the pastor of the Church, who is as a father.
- Proverbs 1:8 That is, of the Church, wherein the faithful are begotten by the incorruptible seed of God’s word.
- Proverbs 1:9 Hebrew, increase of grace.
Proverbs 3:1-2
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3 1 The words of God giveth life. 5 Trust in God. 7 Fear him. 9 Honor him. 11 Suffer his correction: 21 To them that follow the word of God, all things shall succeed well.
1 My son, forget not thou my Law, but let thine heart (A)keep my commandments.
2 For they shall increase the length of thy [a]days and the years of life, and thy prosperity.
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- Proverbs 3:2 Long life is the blessing of God which he giveth to his, so far forth as it is expedient for them.
Proverbs 4:1-4
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4 1 Wisdom and her fruits ought to be searched. 14 The way of the wicked must be refused. 20 By the word of God the heart, eyes, and course of life must be guided.
1 Hear, O ye children, the instruction of a [a]father, and give ear to learn understanding.
2 For I do give you a good doctrine: therefore forsake ye not my law.
3 For I was my father’s son, tender and dear in the sight of my mother,
4 When he [b]taught me, and said unto me, Let thine heart hold fast my words: keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.
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- Proverbs 4:1 He speaketh this in the person of a Preacher and Minister, which is as a father unto the people, read Prov. 2:8.
- Proverbs 4:4 Meaning, David his father.
Proverbs 10:1
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10 In this Chapter, and all that follow, unto the thirtieth, the wise man exhorteth by divers sentences, which he calleth Parables, to follow virtue, and flee vice: and also showeth what profit cometh of wisdom, and what hindrance proceedeth of foolishness.
THE PARABLE OF SOLOMON.
1 A wise (A)son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is an heaviness to his mother.
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Proverbs 13:22
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22 The good man shall give inheritance unto his children’s children: and the [a]riches of the sinner is laid up for the just.
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- Proverbs 13:22 Read Job 27:16, 17.
Proverbs 15:20
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20 (A)A wise son rejoiceth the father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
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Proverbs 17:6
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6 Children’s children are the crown of the elders: and the glory of the children are their fathers.
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Proverbs 17:21
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21 He that begetteth a fool, getteth himself sorrow, and the father of a fool can have no joy.
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Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish son is a grief unto his father, and a (A)heaviness to her that bare him.
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Proverbs 19:13
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13 (A)A foolish son is the calamity of his father, (B)and the contentions of a wife are like a continual [a]dropping.
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- Proverbs 19:13 As rain that droppeth and rotteth the house.
Proverbs 19:18
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18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his murmuring.
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Proverbs 19:26
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26 He that destroyeth his father, or chaseth away his mother, is a lewd and shameful child.
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Proverbs 20:7
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7 He that walketh in his integrity, is just, and blessed shall his children be after him.
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Proverbs 22:6
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6 Teach a child [a]in the trade of his way, and when he is old he shall not depart from it.
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- Proverbs 22:6 Bring him up virtuously, and he shall so continue.
Proverbs 22:15
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15 Foolishness is bound [a]in the heart of a child: but the rod of correction shall drive it away from him.
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- Proverbs 22:15 He is naturally given unto it.
Proverbs 23:13-14
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13 (A)Withhold not correction from the child: if thou smite him with the rod, he shall not die.
14 Thou shalt smite him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from [a]hell.
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- Proverbs 23:14 That is, from destruction.
Proverbs 29:15
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15 The rod and correction give wisdom, but a child set at liberty, maketh his mother ashamed.
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Proverbs 29:17
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17 Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest, and will give pleasures to thy soul.
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