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 1:8-9
Common English Bible
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
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 4:1-4
Common English Bible
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
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 10:1
Common English Bible
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 15:20
Holman Christian Standard Bible
20 A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.(A)
Proverbs 15:20
Common English Bible
20 A wise child brings joy to a father,
but fools despise their mothers.
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 17:21
Common English Bible
21 Having a fool for a son brings grief;
there’s no joy for a scoundrel’s father.
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 17:25
Common English Bible
25 A foolish son is irritating to his father
and bitter to her who gave birth to him.
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 19:26
Common English Bible
26 Those who assault their father and drive out their mother
are disgraceful children, worthy of reproach.
Proverbs 20:20
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 20:20
Common English Bible
20 Those who curse their father or mother—
their lamp will be snuffed out when it becomes dark.
Proverbs 30:11-12
Holman Christian Standard Bible
11 There is a generation that curses its father
and does not bless its mother.(A)
12 There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,(B)
yet is not washed from its filth.
Proverbs 30:11-12
Common English Bible
11 There are those who curse their father
and don’t bless their mother.
12 There are those who think they are clean,
but haven’t washed off their own excrement.
Proverbs 30:17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
17 As for the eye that ridicules a father(A)
and despises obedience to a mother,
may ravens of the valley pluck it out
and young vultures eat it.(B)
Proverbs 30:17
Common English Bible
17 An eye that mocks a father
and rejects obedience to a mother,
may the ravens of the river valley peck it out,
and the eagle’s young eat it.
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