22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. 23 Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding. 24 The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
Proverbs 23:22–24
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