Proverbs 4:1
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Proverbs 4:1
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Diligently Pursue Wisdom
4 Listen, children,[a] to your father’s instruction,
and pay attention in order to gain understanding.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:1 Lit. sons
Proverbs 6:20
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20 My child, keep your father’s commandment,
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.(A)
Proverbs 6:20
International Standard Version
Parental Counsel about Immorality
20 Keep your father’s commands, my son,
and never forsake your mother’s rules,[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:20 Or laws
Proverbs 19:13
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13 A stupid child is ruin to a father,
and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.(A)
Proverbs 19:13
International Standard Version
13 A father’s ruin is a foolish son,
and a wife’s quarreling is like[a] dripping water that never stops.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:13 The Heb. lacks like
Proverbs 19:14
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14 House and wealth are inherited from parents,
but a prudent wife is from the Lord.(A)
Proverbs 19:14
International Standard Version
14 A house and self-sufficiency are a father’s inheritance,
but from the Lord comes an insightful wife.
Proverbs 22:28
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28 Do not remove the ancient landmark
that your ancestors set up.(A)
Proverbs 22:28
International Standard Version
28 Don’t remove an ancient boundary stone
that was set up by your ancestors.
Proverbs 23:22-25
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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)
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.(C)
25 Let your father and mother be glad;
let her who bore you rejoice.
Proverbs 23:22-25
International Standard Version
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.
24 The father of a righteous person will greatly rejoice;
whoever fathers a wise son will be glad because of him.
25 Let your father and mother rejoice;
make the one who gave birth to you happy.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:23 The Heb. lacks store up
Proverbs 29:3
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3 A child who loves wisdom makes a parent glad,
but a companion of prostitutes destroys wealth.(A)
Proverbs 29:3
International Standard Version
3 The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,
but anyone who consorts with immoral women squanders his wealth.
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