Teach a youth about the way he should go;(A)
even when he is old he will not depart from it.

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Train children in the way they should go;
    when they grow old, they won’t depart from it.

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22 Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when[a] she is old.(A)
23 Buy—and do not sell—truth,
wisdom, instruction, and understanding.(B)
24 The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,
and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.(C)
25 Let your father and mother have joy,(D)
and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 23:22 Or because

22 Listen to your father, who gave you life;
    don’t despise your elderly mother.
23 Buy truth and don’t sell it;
    buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous will be very happy;
    the one who gives life to the wise will rejoice.
25 Your father and your mother will rejoice;
    she who gave you birth will be happy.

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24 The one who robs his father or mother(A)
and says, “That’s no sin,”(B)
is a companion to a man who destroys.(C)

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24 Those who steal from their father and mother,
    and say, “It’s not a crime,”
    are friends of vandals.

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