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Monday, April 29th, 2024
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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 1:8-9; Proverbs 3:1-2; Proverbs 4:1-4; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 13:22; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 17:6; Proverbs 17:21; Proverbs 17:25; Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 19:26; Proverbs 20:7; Proverbs 22:6; Proverbs 22:15; Proverbs 23:13-14; Proverbs 29:15; Proverbs 29:17
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23 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%)
class="proverbs-major">Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom
Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.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.
My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,
Proverbs 3:1
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,
for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity.
Proverbs 3:2
- Variant Count: 2 (13%)
for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity.
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%)
class="proverbs-major">Proverbs of Solomon
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.A good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children, but a sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.
Proverbs 13:22
- Variant Count: 3 (14%)
A good person leaves an inheritance for their children's children, but a sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.
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.
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.
Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to his death.
Proverbs 19:18
- Variant Count: 3 (15%)
Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death.
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.
The righteous man leads a blameless life; blessed are his children after him.
Proverbs 20:7
- Variant Count: 5 (41%)
The righteous lead blameless lives; blessed are their children after them.
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.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
Proverbs 22:15
- Variant Count: 2 (9%)
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 23:13
- Variant Count: 7 (30%)
Saying 13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death.
Proverbs 23:14
- Variant Count: 3 (27%)
Punish them with the rod and save them from death.
The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
Proverbs 29:15
- Variant Count: 6 (37%)
A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom, but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.
Discipline your son, and he will give you peace; he will bring delight to your soul.
Proverbs 29:17
- Variant Count: 7 (38%)
Discipline your children, and they will give you peace; they will bring you the delights you desire.
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