The Enticement of Sinners

(A)Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
And (B)do not ignore your mother’s teaching;
For they are a (C)graceful wreath for your head
And (D)necklaces for your neck.

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Warnings against Evil Companions

Hear, my child, your father’s instruction,
    and do not reject your mother’s teaching,(A)
for they are a fair garland for your head
    and pendants for your neck.(B)

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A Father’s Instruction

Listen, my sons, to the (A)instruction of a father,
And (B)pay attention so that you may [a]gain understanding,
For I give you good (C)teaching;
(D)Do not abandon my [b]instruction.
When I was a son to my father,
(E)Tender and (F)the only son in the sight of my mother,
He (G)taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart (H)take hold of my words;
(I)Keep my commandments and live;

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 4:1 Lit know
  2. Proverbs 4:2 Or law

Parental Advice

Listen, children, to a father’s instruction,
    and be attentive, that you may gain[a] insight,(A)
for I give you good precepts:
    do not forsake my teaching.
When I was a son with my father,
    tender and my mother’s favorite,(B)
he taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
    keep my commandments and live.(C)

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  1. 4.1 Heb know

Contrast of the Righteous and the Wicked

10 The (A)proverbs of Solomon.

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

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Wise Sayings of Solomon

10 The proverbs of Solomon.

A wise child makes a glad father,
    but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.(A)

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29 One who (A)troubles his own house will (B)inherit wind,
And (C)the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

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29 Those who trouble their households will inherit wind,
    and the fool will be servant to the wise.

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

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20 A wise child makes a glad father,
    but the foolish despise their mothers.(A)

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A servant who acts wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully,
And will share in the inheritance among brothers.

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A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully
    and will share the inheritance as one of the family.(A)

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(A)Grandchildren are the crown of the old,
And the (B)glory of sons is their fathers.

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

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21 He who (A)fathers a fool does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool has no joy.

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21 The one who fathers a fool gets trouble;
    the parent of a fool has no joy.(A)

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25 A (A)foolish son is a grief to his father,
And (B)bitterness to her who gave birth to him.

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25 Foolish children are a grief to their father
    and bitterness to her who bore them.(A)

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13 A (A)foolish son is destruction to his father,
And the (B)quarrels of a wife are a constant dripping.

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13 A stupid child is ruin to a father,
    and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.(A)

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26 He (A)who assaults his father and drives his mother away
Is a shameful and disgraceful son.

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26 Those who do violence to their father and chase away their mother
    are children who cause shame and bring reproach.

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20 He who (A)curses his father or his mother,
His (B)lamp will go out in time of darkness.

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20 If you curse father or mother,
    your lamp will go out in utter darkness.(A)

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