Proverbs 19:26

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

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

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

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

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

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

Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long.

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

He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears—behold, the silver is with me. I took it.” His mother said, “May Yahweh bless my son!”

provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

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

Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth.

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’

Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn’t fall.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Let’s fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

“ ‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon himself.

‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

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

A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

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

Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.

for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

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

“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.

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn’t know how to receive admonition any more.

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

I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good. I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.

They are not humbled even to this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.’

envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go, get down; for your people, who you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!

Moses begged Yahweh his God, and said, “Yahweh, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

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.”

Your dead bodies will be food to all birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth; and there will be no one to frighten them away.

God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him and prospered?

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

The king’s favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.

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

A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.

Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “It’s not wrong,” is a partner with a destroyer.

He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.

There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

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.

But when this your son came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;