Proverbs 1:8-9
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Warnings Against Evil
8 My ·child [L son], listen to your father’s ·teaching [instruction; discipline]
and do not ·forget [neglect] your mother’s ·advice [instruction].
9 [L For] ·Their teaching [L It] will be like ·flowers in your hair [L a gracious garland on your head]
or ·a necklace [L beads] around your neck.
Proverbs 4:1-4
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Wisdom Is Important
4 My ·children [L sons], listen to your father’s ·teaching [discipline; instruction];
pay attention ·so you will understand [L to the knowledge of understanding].
2 ·What I am telling you is good [L I will give you good teaching],
so do not ·forget [L abandon; forsake] ·what I teach you [L my instruction].
3 When I was a ·young boy in my father’s house [L son to my father]
·and like an only child to [L tender, and the only one of] my mother,
4 my father taught me and said,
“Hold on to my words with all your heart.
·Keep [Guard] my commands and you will live.
Proverbs 10:1
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The Wise Words of Solomon
10 These are the ·wise words [proverbs] of Solomon:
Wise ·children [sons] make their father happy,
but foolish ·children [sons] make their mother sad.
Proverbs 15:20
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20 Wise ·children [sons] make their father happy,
but foolish ·children [L people] disrespect their mother.
Proverbs 17:21
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21 It is sad to have a foolish child;
there is no joy in being the parent of a fool.
Proverbs 17:25
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25 Foolish children make their father sad
and cause their mother great ·sorrow [bitterness].
Proverbs 19:26
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26 A child who ·robs [devastates] his father and ·sends [drives] away his mother
brings shame and disgrace on himself.
Proverbs 20:20
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20 Those who curse their father or mother
will be like a light going out in darkness [Job 18:6; 21:17].
Proverbs 30:11-12
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11 “Some people curse their fathers
and do not bless their mothers [Ex. 20:12; 21:17].
12 Some people think they are pure,
but they ·are not really free from evil [L have not cleaned off their own excrement; Deut. 23:12–14].
Proverbs 30:17
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17 “·If you make fun of your [L An eye that ridicules one’s] father
and ·refuse to obey your [L despises the teaching of one’s] mother,
the ·birds [L ravens] of the ·valley [wadi] will peck out your eyes,
and the ·vultures [or young eagles] will eat them.
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