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Proverbs 1:8-9
New International Version - UK
Proverbs 1:8-9
New International Version - UK
Prologue: exhortations to embrace wisdom
Warning against the invitation of sinful men
8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
9 They are a garland to grace your head
and a chain to adorn your neck.
Proverbs 4:1
New International Version - UK
Proverbs 4:1
New International Version - UK
Get wisdom at any cost
4 Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction;
pay attention and gain understanding.
Proverbs 15:20
New International Version - UK
Proverbs 15:20
New International Version - UK
20 A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 20:20
New International Version - UK
Proverbs 20:20
New International Version - UK
20 If someone curses their father or mother,
their lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.
New International Version - UK (NIVUK)
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