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Proverbs 1:8 - 1:9
The Enticement of Sinners
8Hear, my son, your father’s discipline
And do not abandon your mother’s instruction;
9 For they are a garland of grace for your head
And ornaments about your neck.
Proverbs 4:1 - 4:4
A Father’s Wise Instruction
Hear, O sons, the discipline of a father,
And pay attention that you may know understanding,
2 For I give you sound learning;
Do not forsake my instruction.
3 When I was a son to my father,
Tender and the only son before my mother,
4 Then he instructed me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
Keep my commandments and live;
Proverbs 10:1
Contrast of the Righteous and the Wicked
The proverbs of Solomon.A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.
Proverbs 11:29
29
He who troubles his own house will inherit wind,
And the ignorant fool will be a slave to the wise of heart.
Proverbs 15:20
20
A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 17:2
2
A slave who acts insightfully will rule over a son who acts shamefully,
And will share in the inheritance among brothers.
Proverbs 17:6
6
Grandchildren are the crown of old men,
And the beauty of sons is their fathers.
Proverbs 17:21
21
He who begets a fool does so to his grief,
And the father of a wicked fool is not glad.
Proverbs 17:25
25
A foolish son is a vexation to his father
And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.
Proverbs 19:13
13
A foolish son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.
Proverbs 19:26
26
He who assaults his father and causes his mother to flee
Is a son who brings shame and humiliation.
Proverbs 20:20
20
He who curses his father or his mother,
His lamp will go out in the midst of darkness.
Proverbs 22:6
6
Train up a child according to his way,
Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 23:22 - 23:25
22
Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 Buy truth, and do not sell it,
Get wisdom and discipline and understanding.
24
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And he who begets a wise son will be glad in him.
25 Let your father and your mother be glad,
And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.
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