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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 6:20 - 6:23
Warning Against Adultery
20My son, observe the commandment of your father
And do not abandon the law of your mother;
21 Bind them continually on your heart;
Tie them around your neck.
22 When you walk about, they will lead you;
When you sleep, they will keep watch over you;
And when you awake, they will speak to you.
23 For the commandment is a lamp and the law is light;
And reproofs for discipline are the way of life
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 13:1
A wise son accepts his father’s discipline,
But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
Proverbs 15:5
5
An ignorant fool spurns his father’s discipline,
But he who keeps reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 15:20
20
A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 17:6
6
Grandchildren are the crown of old men,
And the beauty of sons is their fathers.
Proverbs 17:17
17
A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.
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 18:19
19
A brother offended is harder to win over than a strong city,
And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.
Proverbs 19:13 - 19:14
13
A foolish son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.
14 House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers,
But a wife who has insight is from Yahweh.
Proverbs 19:26 - 19:27
26
He who assaults his father and causes his mother to flee
Is a son who brings shame and humiliation.
27 Cease listening, my son, to discipline,
And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 20:20
20
He who curses his father or his mother,
His lamp will go out in the midst of darkness.
Proverbs 22:15
15
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child;
The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.
Proverbs 22:28
28
Do not move the ancient boundary
Which your fathers made.
Proverbs 23:22
22
Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:24 - 23:25
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.
Proverbs 27:8
8
Like a bird that wanders from her nest,
So is a man who wanders from his place.
Proverbs 27:10
10
Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend,
And do not come to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster;
Better is one who dwells near than a brother far away.
Proverbs 28:7
7
He who observes the law is a son who understands,
But he who befriends gluttons humiliates his father.
Proverbs 28:24
24
He who robs his father or his mother
And says, “It is not a transgression,”
Is the companion of a man who destroys.
Proverbs 29:3
3
A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad,
But he who befriends harlots destroys his wealth.
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