Beware of Adultery

20 (A)My son, keep your father’s command,
And do not forsake the law of your mother.

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Warning against Adultery

20 My son, keep your father’s command,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.(A)

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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.

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22 Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when[a] she is old.(A)
23 Buy—and do not sell—truth,
wisdom, instruction, and understanding.(B)
24 The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,
and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.(C)
25 Let your father and mother have joy,(D)
and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.

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Notas al pie

  1. 23:22 Or because

15 The rod and rebuke give (A)wisdom,
But a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

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15 A rod of correction imparts wisdom,(A)
but a youth left to himself[a]
is a disgrace to his mother.(B)

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Notas al pie

  1. 29:15 Lit youth sent away