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 1:8-9
New King James Version
Shun Evil Counsel
8 (A)My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not forsake the law of your mother;
9 For they will be a (B)graceful ornament on your head,
And chains about your 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 4:1-4
New King James Version
Security in Wisdom
4 Hear, (A)my children, the instruction of a father,
And give attention to know understanding;
2 For I give you good doctrine:
Do not forsake my law.
3 When I was my father’s son,
(B)Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,
4 (C)He also taught me, and said to me:
“Let your heart retain my words;
(D)Keep my commands, 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 10:1
New King James Version
Wise Sayings of Solomon
10 The proverbs of (A)Solomon:
(B)A wise son makes a glad father,
But a foolish son is the grief 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 15:20
New King James Version
20 (A)A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man despises 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 17:21
New King James Version
21 He who begets a scoffer does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool has 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 17:25
New King James Version
25 A (A)foolish son is a grief to his father,
And bitterness to her who bore 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 19:26
New King James Version
26 He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother
Is (A)a son who causes shame and brings 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 20:20
New King James Version
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 30:11-12
New King James Version
11 There is a generation that curses its (A)father,
And does not bless its mother.
12 There is a generation (B)that is pure in its own eyes,
Yet is not washed from its 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.
Proverbs 30:17
New King James Version
17 (A)The eye that mocks his father,
And scorns obedience to his mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young eagles will eat it.
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