Proverbs 1:8-9
New Living Translation
A Father’s Exhortation: Acquire Wisdom
8 My child,[a] listen when your father corrects you.
Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
9 What you learn from them will crown you with grace
and be a chain of honor around your neck.
Proverbs 1:8-9
Living Bible
7-9 How does a man become wise? The first step is to trust and reverence the Lord!
Only fools refuse to be taught. Listen to your father and mother. What you learn from them will stand you in good stead; it will gain you many honors.[a]
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- Proverbs 1:7 many honors, literally, “a fair garland and adornment.”
Proverbs 4:1-4
New Living Translation
A Father’s Wise Advice
4 My children,[a] listen when your father corrects you.
Pay attention and learn good judgment,
2 for I am giving you good guidance.
Don’t turn away from my instructions.
3 For I, too, was once my father’s son,
tenderly loved as my mother’s only child.
4 My father taught me,
“Take my words to heart.
Follow my commands, and you will live.
Footnotes
- 4:1 Hebrew My sons.
Proverbs 4:1-4
Living Bible
4 1-2 Young men, listen to me as you would to your father. Listen, and grow wise, for I speak the truth—don’t turn away. 3 For I, too, was once a son, tenderly loved by my mother as an only child, and the companion of my father. 4 He told me never to forget his words. “If you follow them,” he said, “you will have a long and happy life.
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Proverbs 10:1
New Living Translation
The Proverbs of Solomon
10 The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise child[a] brings joy to a father;
a foolish child brings grief to a mother.
Proverbs 10:1
Living Bible
10 Happy is the man with a level-headed son; sad the mother of a rebel.
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Proverbs 15:20
New Living Translation
20 Sensible children bring joy to their father;
foolish children despise their mother.
Proverbs 15:20
Living Bible
20 A sensible son gladdens his father. A rebellious son saddens his mother.[a]
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- Proverbs 15:20 saddens his mother, literally, “despises his mother.”
Proverbs 17:21
New Living Translation
21 It is painful to be the parent of a fool;
there is no joy for the father of a rebel.
Proverbs 17:25
New Living Translation
25 Foolish children[a] bring grief to their father
and bitterness to the one who gave them birth.
Footnotes
- 17:25 Hebrew A foolish son.
Proverbs 17:25
Living Bible
25 A rebellious son is a grief to his father and a bitter blow to his mother.
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Proverbs 19:26
New Living Translation
26 Children who mistreat their father or chase away their mother
are an embarrassment and a public disgrace.
Proverbs 19:26
Living Bible
26 A son who mistreats his father or mother is a public disgrace.
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Proverbs 20:20
New Living Translation
20 If you insult your father or mother,
your light will be snuffed out in total darkness.
Proverbs 20:20
Living Bible
20 God puts out the light of the man who curses his father or mother.
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Proverbs 30:11-12
New Living Translation
11 Some people curse their father
and do not thank their mother.
12 They are pure in their own eyes,
but they are filthy and unwashed.
Proverbs 30:11-12
Living Bible
11-12 There are those who curse their father and mother and feel themselves faultless despite their many sins.
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Proverbs 30:17
New Living Translation
17 The eye that mocks a father
and despises a mother’s instructions
will be plucked out by ravens of the valley
and eaten by vultures.
Proverbs 30:17
Living Bible
17 A man who mocks his father and despises his mother shall have his eye plucked out by ravens and eaten by vultures.
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