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Saturday, May 4th, 2024
the Fifth Week after Easter
the Fifth Week after Easter
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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 1:8-9; Proverbs 6:20-23; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 11:29; Proverbs 13:1; Proverbs 15:5; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 17:6; Proverbs 17:17; Proverbs 17:21; Proverbs 17:25; Proverbs 18:19; Proverbs 19:13-14; Proverbs 19:26-27; Proverbs 20:20; Proverbs 22:15; Proverbs 22:28; Proverbs 23:22; Proverbs 23:24-25; Proverbs 27:8; Proverbs 27:10; Proverbs 28:7; Proverbs 28:24; Proverbs 29:3; Proverbs 30:17
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Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, And do not ignore your mother's teaching;
Proverbs 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
For they are a graceful wreath for your head And necklaces for your neck.
Proverbs 1:9
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
My son, comply with the commandment of your father, And do not ignore the teaching of your mother;
Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.
Proverbs 6:21
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
When you walk, they will guide you; When you sleep, they will watch over you; And when you awake, they will talk to you.
Proverbs 6:22
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light; And rebukes for discipline are the way of life
Proverbs 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
One who troubles his own house will inherit wind, And the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.
Proverbs 11:29
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
A wise son accepts his father's discipline, But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
Proverbs 13:1
A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
A fool rejects his father's discipline, But he who complies with rebuke is sensible.
Proverbs 15:5
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Grandchildren are the crown of the old, And the glory of sons is their fathers.
Proverbs 17:6
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
He who fathers a fool does so to his sorrow, And the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17:21
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
A brother who is offended is harder to be won than a strong city, And quarrels are like the bars of a citadel.
Proverbs 18:19
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
A foolish son is destruction to his father, And the quarrels of a wife are a constant dripping.
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Proverbs 19:14
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord .
He who assaults his father and drives his mother away Is a shameful and disgraceful son.
Proverbs 19:26
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
Stop listening, my son, to discipline, And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
He who curses his father or his mother, His lamp will go out in time of darkness.
Proverbs 20:20
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.
Proverbs 22:15
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Do not move the ancient boundary Which your fathers have set.
Proverbs 22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Listen to your father, who fathered you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:22
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
Proverbs 23:24
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.
Proverbs 23:25
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
Like a bird that wanders from its nest, So is a person who wanders from his home.
Proverbs 27:8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Do not abandon your friend or your father's friend, And do not go to your brother's house on the day of your disaster; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
Proverbs 27:10
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
He who keeps the Law is a discerning son, But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.
Proverbs 28:7
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
He who robs his father or his mother And says, "There is no wrong done," Is the companion of a person who destroys.
Proverbs 28:24
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad, But he who involves himself with prostitutes wastes his wealth.
Proverbs 29:3
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
The eye that mocks a father And scorns a mother, The ravens of the valley will pick it out, And the young eagles will eat it.
Proverbs 30:17
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
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