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Wednesday, April 24th, 2024
the Fourth Week after Easter
the Fourth Week after Easter
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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 1:8-9; Proverbs 4:1-4; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 11:29; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 17:2; Proverbs 17:6; Proverbs 17:21; Proverbs 17:25; Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 19:26; Proverbs 20:20; Proverbs 22:6; Proverbs 23:22-25; Proverbs 28:24
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21 verses • Page 1 of 2
Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
Proverbs 1:8
- Variant Count: 6 (28%)
They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
Proverbs 1:9
- Variant Count: 2 (12%)
They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
Proverbs 4:1
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.
Proverbs 4:2
- Variant Count: 1 (8%)
I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.
When I was a boy in my father's house, still tender, and an only child of my mother,
Proverbs 4:3
- Variant Count: 8 (47%)
For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother.
he taught me and said, "Lay hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands and you will live.
Proverbs 4:4
- Variant Count: 4 (15%)
Then he taught me, and he said to me, "Take hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live.
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
Proverbs 10:1
- Variant Count: 4 (15%)
He who brings trouble on his family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.
Proverbs 11:29
- Variant Count: 4 (20%)
Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
Proverbs 17:2
- Variant Count: 3 (15%)
A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family.
Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.
Proverbs 17:6
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.
To have a fool for a son brings grief; there is no joy for the father of a fool.
Proverbs 17:21
- Variant Count: 4 (19%)
To have a fool for a child brings grief; there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.
Proverbs 17:25
- Variant Count: 2 (11%)
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.
A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Proverbs 19:13
- Variant Count: 6 (28%)
A foolish child is a father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.
He who robs his father and drives out his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
Proverbs 19:26
- Variant Count: 5 (27%)
Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace.
If a man curses his father or mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.
Proverbs 20:20
- Variant Count: 4 (23%)
If someone curses their father or mother, their lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.
Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
Proverbs 22:6
- Variant Count: 10 (45%)
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:22
- Variant Count: 5 (21%)
Saying 17 Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding.
Proverbs 23:23
- Variant Count: 6 (40%)
Buy the truth and do not sell it— wisdom, instruction and insight as well.
The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him.
Proverbs 23:24
- Variant Count: 4 (20%)
The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.
May your father and mother be glad; may she who gave you birth rejoice!
Proverbs 23:25
- Variant Count: 2 (13%)
May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!
He who robs his father or mother and says, "It's not wrong"- he is partner to him who destroys.
Proverbs 28:24
- Variant Count: 6 (33%)
Whoever robs their father or mother and says, "It's not wrong," is partner to one who destroys.
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