Proverbs 15:20
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20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
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Proverbs 17:21
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21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
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Proverbs 19:13
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13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
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Proverbs 23:22-25
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22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
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Proverbs 27:11
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11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
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Proverbs 29:3
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3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
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