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

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

13 My child, eat honey, for it is good,
    and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.(A)
14 Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
    if you find it, you will find a future,
    and your hope will not be cut off.(B)

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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

The evil do not understand justice,
    but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.(A)

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

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15 The rod and reproof give wisdom,
    but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.(A)

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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