Proverbs 17:21

Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon, the Hittite; and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, the Hivite;

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:

Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.

Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!”

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.

I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do and will do the things we command.

“Go inquire of Yahweh for me, and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is Yahweh’s wrath that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept Yahweh’s word, to do according to all that is written in this book.”

he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

We have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he has in you.

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.

My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you—

I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus,

When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

“You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn’t restrain them.

Now, behold, the king walks before you. I am old and gray-headed. Behold, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth to this day.

Then Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your children are careful of their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you,’ he said, ‘a man on the throne of Israel.’

Solomon said, “You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, because he walked before you in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.

He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs numbered one thousand five.

“Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.

in whose hands is wickedness, their right hand is full of bribes.

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

“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.

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.

Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.

making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this.”

What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

I rejoice that in everything I am confident concerning you.

But when I saw that they didn’t walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?

to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.

“Now, behold, if he fathers a son, who sees all his father’s sins, which he has done, and fears, and does not such like;

not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

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 for you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.

I have no greater joy than this: to hear about my children walking in truth.