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Proverbs 1:8-9 (Listen)

The Enticement of Sinners

8 iHear, my son, your father's instruction,

and forsake not your mother's teaching,

9 for they are ja graceful garland for your head

and kpendants for your neck.

Proverbs 6:20-23 (Listen)

Warnings Against Adultery

20 lMy son, keep your father's commandment,

land forsake not your mother's teaching.

21 mBind them on your heart always;

ntie them around your neck.

22 oWhen you walk, they1 will lead you;

owhen you lie down, they will pwatch over you;

and when you awake, they will talk with you.

23 For the commandment is qa lamp and the teaching a light,

and the rreproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Footnotes

[1] 6:22 Hebrew it; three times in this verse

Proverbs 10:1 (Listen)

The Proverbs of Solomon

10 cThe proverbs of Solomon.

dA wise son makes a glad father,

ebut a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

Proverbs 11:29 (Listen)

29 Whoever utroubles his own household will vinherit the wind,

and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

Proverbs 13:1 (Listen)

13 A wise son hears his father's instruction,

but qa scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

Proverbs 15:5 (Listen)

5 kA fool ldespises his father's instruction,

but mwhoever heeds reproof is prudent.

Proverbs 15:20 (Listen)

20 kA wise son makes a glad father,

but a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 17:6 (Listen)

6 uGrandchildren are vthe crown of the aged,

and the glory of children is their fathers.

Proverbs 17:17 (Listen)

17 kA friend loves at all times,

and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 17:21 (Listen)

21 He who nsires a fool gets himself sorrow,

and the father of a fool has no joy.

Proverbs 17:25 (Listen)

25 nA foolish son is a grief to his father

tand bitterness to uher who bore him.

Proverbs 18:19 (Listen)

19 A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city,

and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.

Proverbs 19:13-14 (Listen)

13 tA foolish son is ruin to his father,

and ua wife's quarreling is va continual dripping of rain.

14 wHouse and wealth are inherited from fathers,

but a prudent wife is xfrom the Lord.

Proverbs 19:26-27 (Listen)

26 He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother

is ua son who brings shame and reproach.

27 Cease to hear instruction, my son,

vand you will stray from the words of knowledge.

Proverbs 20:20 (Listen)

20 gIf one curses his father or his mother,

hhis lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

Proverbs 22:15 (Listen)

15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,

but nthe rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Proverbs 22:28 (Listen)

28 Do not move the ancient alandmark

that your fathers have set.

Proverbs 23:22 (Listen)

22 cListen to your father who gave you life,

dand do not despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 23:24-25 (Listen)

24 fThe father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;

he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.

25 fLet your father and mother be glad;

let gher who bore you rejoice.

Proverbs 27:8 (Listen)

8 Like fa bird that strays from its nest

is a man who strays from his home.

Proverbs 27:10 (Listen)

10 Do not forsake your friend and hyour father's friend,

and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity.

iBetter is a neighbor who is near

than a brother who is far away.

Proverbs 28:7 (Listen)

7 The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding,

but ma companion of gluttons shames his father.

Proverbs 28:24 (Listen)

24 Whoever robs his father or his mother

and says, “That is no transgression,”

is ra companion to a man who destroys.

Proverbs 29:3 (Listen)

3 He who eloves wisdom makes his father glad,

but fa companion of prostitutes gsquanders his wealth.

Proverbs 30:17 (Listen)

17 The eye that nmocks a father

and oscorns to obey a mother

will pbe picked out by qthe ravens of the valley

and eaten by the vultures.

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