Proverbs 1:8-9
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Think and Live Wisely
A Warning Against Sinful Men
8 My son, listen to your father’s advice.
Don’t turn away from your mother’s teaching.
9 What they teach you will be like a beautiful crown on your head.
It will be like a chain to decorate your neck.
Proverbs 4:1-4
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Get Wisdom at Any Cost
4 My sons, listen to a father’s teaching.
Pay attention and gain understanding.
2 I give you good advice.
So don’t turn away from what I teach you.
3 I, too, was once a young boy in my father’s house.
And my mother loved me deeply.
4 Then my father taught me.
He said to me, “Take hold of my words with all your heart.
Keep my commands, and you will live.
Proverbs 10:1
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The Proverbs of Solomon
10 These are the proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes his father glad.
But a foolish son brings sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
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20 A wise son makes his father glad.
But a foolish son hates his mother.
Proverbs 17:21
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21 It is sad to have a foolish child.
The parents of a godless fool have no joy.
Proverbs 17:25
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25 A foolish child makes his father sad
and his mother sorry.
Proverbs 19:26
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26 Anyone who robs their father and drives out their mother
is a child who brings shame and dishonor.
Proverbs 20:20
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20 If anyone asks for bad things to happen to their father or mother,
that person’s lamp will be blown out in total darkness.
Proverbs 30:11-12
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11 “Some people curse their fathers.
Others don’t bless their mothers.
12 Some are pure in their own eyes.
But their dirty sins haven’t been washed away.
Proverbs 30:17
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17 “One person makes fun of their father.
Another doesn’t honor their mother when she is old.
The ravens of the valley will peck out their eyes.
Then the vultures will eat them.
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