Avoid the Path of the Violent

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,(A)

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Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom

Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men

Listen, my son,(A) to your father’s(B) instruction
    and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.(C)

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20 A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.(A)

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20 A wise son brings joy to his father,(A)
    but a foolish man despises his mother.

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Children and Parents

Children, obey(A) your parents as you would the Lord,[a] because this is right.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 6:1 Lit parents in the Lord

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.(A)

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