Proverbs 1:8-9
World English Bible
8 My son, listen to your father’s instruction,
and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:
9 for they will be a garland to grace your head,
and chains around your neck.
Proverbs 1:8-9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Avoid the Path of the Violent
8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,(A)
9 for they will be a garland(B) of grace on your head
and a gold chain around your neck.(C)
Proverbs 4:1-4
World English Bible
4 Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction.
Pay attention and know understanding;
2 for I give you sound learning.
Don’t forsake my law.
3 For I was a son to my father,
tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me, and said to me:
“Let your heart retain my words.
Keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4:1-4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
A Father’s Example
4 Listen, my sons, to a father’s discipline,(A)
and pay attention so that you may gain understanding,
2 for I am giving you good instruction.(B)
Don’t abandon my teaching.
3 When I was a son with my father,
tender and precious to my mother,
4 he taught me and said:
“Your heart must hold on to my words.
Keep my commands and live.(C)
Proverbs 10:1
World English Bible
10 The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a glad father;
but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
Proverbs 10:1
Holman Christian Standard Bible
A Collection of Solomon’s Proverbs
10 Solomon’s proverbs:(A)
A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.(B)
Proverbs 11:29
World English Bible
29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind.
The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Proverbs 11:29
Holman Christian Standard Bible
29 The one who brings ruin on his household(A)
will inherit the wind,(B)
and a fool will be a slave
to someone whose heart is wise.
Proverbs 15:20
World English Bible
20 A wise son makes a father glad,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
Holman Christian Standard Bible
20 A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.(A)
Proverbs 17:2
World English Bible
2 A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame,
and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
Proverbs 17:2
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son
and share an inheritance among brothers.
Proverbs 17:6
World English Bible
6 Children’s children are the crown of old men;
the glory of children are their parents.
Proverbs 17:6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
6 Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the pride of sons is their fathers.
Proverbs 17:21
World English Bible
21 He who becomes the father of a fool grieves.
The father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17:21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
21 A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow;
the father of a fool has no joy.(A)
Proverbs 17:25
World English Bible
25 A foolish son brings grief to his father,
and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 17:25
Holman Christian Standard Bible
25 A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.(A)
Proverbs 19:13
World English Bible
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father.
A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
Proverbs 19:13
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 19:26
World English Bible
26 He who robs his father and drives away his mother
is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
Proverbs 19:26
Holman Christian Standard Bible
26 The one who assaults his father and evicts his mother
is a disgraceful and shameful son.
Proverbs 20:20
World English Bible
20 Whoever curses his father or his mother,
his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
Proverbs 20:20
Holman Christian Standard Bible
by Public Domain. The name "World English Bible" is trademarked.
Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.