Proverbs 6:20
New American Standard Bible
20 (A)My son, comply with the commandment of your father,
And do not ignore the [a]teaching of your mother;
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:20 Or law
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 23:22-25
New American Standard Bible
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.
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And (D)he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
25 Let your (E)father and your mother be glad,
And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.
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 29:15
New American Standard Bible
15 The (A)rod and a rebuke give wisdom,
But a child [a]who gets his own way (B)brings shame to his mother.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:15 Lit left to himself
Proverbs 29:15
International Standard Version
15 The rod and rebuke bestow wisdom,
but an undisciplined child[a] brings shame to his mother.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:15 Lit. but a child left alone
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