Proverbs 1:8-9
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Avoid evil associations
8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction;
don’t neglect your mother’s teaching;
9 for they are a graceful wreath on your head,
and beads for your neck.
Proverbs 4:1-4
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Love wisdom
4 Hear, children, fatherly instruction;
pay attention to gain understanding.
2 I’ll teach you well.
Don’t abandon my instruction.
3 When I was a son to my father,
tender and my mother’s favorite,
4 he taught me and said to me:
“Let your heart hold on to my words:
Keep my commands and live.
Proverbs 10:1
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Proverbs of Solomon
10 The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise child makes a father glad,
but a foolish child brings sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 11:29
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29 Those who trouble their family will inherit the wind.
The fool will be servant to the wise.
Proverbs 15:20
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20 A wise child brings joy to a father,
but fools despise their mothers.
Proverbs 17:2
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2 An insightful servant rules over a disgraceful son
and will divide an inheritance
with the brothers.
Proverbs 17:6
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6 Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the glory of children is their parents.
Proverbs 17:21
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21 Having a fool for a son brings grief;
there’s no joy for a scoundrel’s father.
Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish son is irritating to his father
and bitter to her who gave birth to him.
Proverbs 19:13
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13 A foolish son is a disaster to his father;
a contentious wife is like constant dripping.
Proverbs 19:26
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26 Those who assault their father and drive out their mother
are disgraceful children, worthy of reproach.
Proverbs 20:20
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20 Those who curse their father or mother—
their lamp will be snuffed out when it becomes dark.
Proverbs 22:6
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6 Train children in the way they should go;
when they grow old, they won’t depart from it.
Proverbs 23:22-25
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22 Listen to your father, who gave you life;
don’t despise your elderly mother.
23 Buy truth and don’t sell it;
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous will be very happy;
the one who gives life to the wise will rejoice.
25 Your father and your mother will rejoice;
she who gave you birth will be happy.
Proverbs 28:24
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24 Those who steal from their father and mother,
and say, “It’s not a crime,”
are friends of vandals.
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