Proverbs 4:1; Proverbs 6:20; Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 19:14; Proverbs 22:28; Proverbs 23:22–25; Proverbs 29:3

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Proverbs 4:1

A Father’s Wise Instruction

fHear, O sons, a father’s instruction,

and be attentive, that you may ggain1 insight,


Proverbs 6:20

Warnings Against Adultery

20  lMy son, keep your father’s commandment,

land forsake not your mother’s teaching.


Proverbs 19:13

13  tA foolish son is ruin to his father,

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


Proverbs 19:14

14  wHouse and wealth are inherited from fathers,

but a prudent wife is xfrom the Lord.


Proverbs 22:28

28  Do not move the ancient alandmark

that your fathers have set.


Proverbs 23:22–25

22  cListen to your father who gave you life,

dand do not despise your mother when she is old.

23  eBuy truth, and do not sell it;

buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

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 29:3

He who eloves wisdom makes his father glad,

but fa companion of prostitutes gsquanders his wealth.