Proverbs 4:1
New King James Version
Security in Wisdom
4 Hear, (A)my children, the instruction of a father,
And give attention to know understanding;
Proverbs 4:1
21st Century King James Version
4 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and be attentive to know understanding.
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Proverbs 6:20
New King James Version
Beware of Adultery
20 (A)My son, keep your father’s command,
And do not forsake the law of your mother.
Proverbs 6:20
21st Century King James Version
20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
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Proverbs 19:13
New King James Version
13 (A)A foolish son is the ruin of his father,
(B)And the contentions of a wife are a continual [a]dripping.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:13 Irritation
Proverbs 19:13
21st Century King James Version
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.
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Proverbs 19:14
New King James Version
Proverbs 19:14
21st Century King James Version
14 House and riches are the inheritance from fathers, and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
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Proverbs 22:28
New King James Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:28 boundary
Proverbs 22:28
21st Century King James Version
28 Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set.
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Proverbs 23:22-25
New King James Version
22 (A)Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 (B)Buy the truth, and do not sell it,
Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24 (C)The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And he who begets a wise child will delight in him.
25 Let your father and your mother be glad,
And let her who bore you rejoice.
Proverbs 23:22-25
21st Century King James Version
22 Hearken unto thy father that begot thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth and sell it not, also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy in him.
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice.
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Proverbs 29:3
New King James Version
3 Whoever loves wisdom makes his father rejoice,
But a companion of harlots wastes his wealth.
Proverbs 29:3
21st Century King James Version
3 Whoso loveth wisdom maketh his father rejoice, but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
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