15 My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
Proverbs 23:15
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Proverbs 27:10–12
10 Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away. 11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me. 12 The prud…
Proverbs 23:25–27
25 May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice! 26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways. 27 For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
Proverbs 23:18–20
18 For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. 19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course. 20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
Sirach 6:31–33
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Proverbs 2:1–2
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Proverbs 2:9–11
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Proverbs 29:16–18
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Proverbs 7:1–2
1 My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you. 2 Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
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