22 (A)Listen to your father, who fathered you,
And (B)do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 (C)Buy truth, and do not sell it,
Get wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

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22 Listen to the one who fathered you,
    and don’t despise your mother in her old age.

23 Purchase truth, but don’t sell it;
    store up[a] wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 23:23 The Heb. lacks store up

13 My son, eat (A)honey, for it is good;
Yes, the (B)honey from the comb is sweet to your taste;
14 Know that (C)wisdom is the same for your soul;
If you find it, then there will be a [a](D)future,
And your hope will not be cut off.

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  1. Proverbs 24:14 Lit latter end

13 My son, eat honey, because it’s good for you;[a]
    indeed, drippings from the honeycomb are sweet to your taste;
14 Keep in mind that wisdom is like that for your soul;
    if you find it, there will be a future for you,
        and what you hope for won’t be cut short.

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  1. Proverbs 24:13 The Heb. lacks for you

Evil people (A)do not understand justice,
But those who seek the Lord (B)understand everything.

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Evil men don’t understand justice,
    but whoever seeks the Lord understands it all.

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15 The (A)rod and a rebuke give wisdom,
But a child [a]who gets his own way (B)brings shame to his mother.

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  1. Proverbs 29:15 Lit left to himself

15 The rod and rebuke bestow wisdom,
    but an undisciplined child[a] brings shame to his mother.

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  1. Proverbs 29:15 Lit. but a child left alone