Popular Bible Verses from Proverbs 23

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The father of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) shall greatly rejoice, and he who becomes the father of a wise child shall have joy in him.

Weary not yourself to be rich; cease from your own [human] wisdom. [Prov. 28:20; I Tim. 6:9, 10.]

For surely there is a latter end [a future and a reward], and your hope and expectation shall not be cut off.

Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord all the day long.

Withhold not discipline from the child; for if you strike and punish him with the [reedlike] rod, he will not die.

Apply your mind to instruction and correction and your ears to words of knowledge.

Will you set your eyes upon wealth, when [suddenly] it is gone? For riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.

Hearken to your father, who begot you, and despise not your mother when she is old.