Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
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Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
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Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 23:24
The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
Proverbs 23:25
Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
Proverbs 29:3
Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
Proverbs 23:15
My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.
Proverbs 23:16
Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Proverbs 27:11
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
Proverbs 15:22
Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.
1 Kings 1:48
Also thus said the king, ‘Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne today, my eyes even seeing it.’ ”
1 Kings 2:9
Now therefore don’t hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.”
1 Kings 5:7
When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly, and said, “Blessed is Yahweh today, who has given to David a wise son to rule over this great people.”
Philippians 2:22
But you know that he has proved himself. As a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.
2 John 1:4
I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.
3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than this: to hear about my children walking in truth.
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Proverbs 17:24
Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 17:21
He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
2 Samuel 18:33
The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”
Proverbs 28:7
Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.
Proverbs 29:15
The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
Proverbs 19:26
He who robs his father and drives away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
Proverbs 1:32
For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.
Proverbs 6:26
For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
Proverbs 13:20
One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
Luke 15:13
Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.
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Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:
Proverbs 25:1
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
1 Kings 4:32
He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered one thousand five.
Ecclesiastes 12:9
Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
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Proverbs 13:1
A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.
Proverbs 4:3
For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
Proverbs 15:5
A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
Proverbs 19:25
Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
Proverbs 4:1
Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
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Proverbs 10:2
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs 10:4
He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
Proverbs 10:5
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.
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Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Ephesians 6:2
“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:
Ephesians 6:3
“that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”
1 Timothy 5:4
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety toward their own family and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
Psalms 34:11
Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.
Psalms 148:12
both young men and maidens, old men and children.
Proverbs 20:11
Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
Proverbs 30:17
“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”
Mark 7:10
For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
Exodus 20:12
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
Proverbs 1:8
My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;
Proverbs 20:20
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
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Proverbs 22:17
Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
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Ecclesiastes 2:19
Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
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Ezekiel 20:18
I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Don’t walk in the statutes of your fathers. Don’t observe their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.
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Deuteronomy 21:18
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them,
Deuteronomy 21:19
then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place.
Deuteronomy 21:20
They shall tell the elders of his city, “This our son is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey our voice. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
Deuteronomy 21:21
All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall remove the evil from among you. All Israel shall hear, and fear.
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Proverbs 22:21
To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?
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Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:6
Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
Proverbs 10:14
Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
Proverbs 23:23
Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
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Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
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Ecclesiastes 2:18
I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
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