A Father's Wise Instruction

(A)Hear, O sons, a father's instruction,
    and be attentive, that you may (B)gain[a] insight,

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  1. Proverbs 4:1 Hebrew know

A Father’s Wise Advice

My children,[a] listen when your father corrects you.
    Pay attention and learn good judgment,

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  1. 4:1 Hebrew My sons.

Warnings Against Adultery

20 (A)My son, keep your father's commandment,
    (B)and forsake not your mother's teaching.

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20 My son, obey your father’s commands,
    and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.

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13 (A)A foolish son is ruin to his father,
    and (B)a wife's quarreling is (C)a continual dripping of rain.

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13 A foolish child[a] is a calamity to a father;
    a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.

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  1. 19:13 Hebrew son; also in 19:27.

14 (A)House and wealth are inherited from fathers,
    but a prudent wife is (B)from the Lord.

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14 Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth,
    but only the Lord can give an understanding wife.

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28 Do not move the ancient (A)landmark
    that your fathers have set.

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28 Don’t cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers
    set up by previous generations.

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22 (A)Listen to your father who gave you life,
    (B)and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 (C)Buy truth, and do not sell it;
    buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
24 (D)The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
    he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
25 (E)Let your father and mother be glad;
    let (F)her who bore you rejoice.

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22 Listen to your father, who gave you life,
    and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
23 Get the truth and never sell it;
    also get wisdom, discipline, and good judgment.
24 The father of godly children has cause for joy.
    What a pleasure to have children who are wise.[a]
25 So give your father and mother joy!
    May she who gave you birth be happy.

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  1. 23:24 Hebrew to have a wise son.

He who (A)loves wisdom makes his father glad,
    but (B)a companion of prostitutes (C)squanders his wealth.

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The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,
    but if he hangs around with prostitutes, his wealth is wasted.

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