Proverbs 1:8-9
Authorized (King James) Version
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father,
and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 for they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head,
and chains about thy neck.
Proverbs 4:1-4
Authorized (King James) Version
4 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father,
and attend to know understanding.
2 For I give you good doctrine,
forsake ye not my law.
3 For I was my father’s son,
tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me also, and said unto me,
Let thine heart retain my words:
keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 10:1
Authorized (King James) Version
10 The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son maketh a glad father:
but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
Authorized (King James) Version
20 A wise son maketh a glad father:
but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Proverbs 17:21
Authorized (King James) Version
21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow:
and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Proverbs 17:25
Authorized (King James) Version
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father,
and bitterness to her that bare him.
Proverbs 19:26
Authorized (King James) Version
26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother,
is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
Proverbs 20:20
Authorized (King James) Version
20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother,
his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Proverbs 30:11-12
Authorized (King James) Version
11 There is a generation that curseth their father,
and doth not bless their mother.
12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes,
and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
Proverbs 30:17
Authorized (King James) Version
17 The eye that mocketh at his father,
and despiseth to obey his mother,
the ravens of the valley shall pick it out,
and the young eagles shall eat it.
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