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Proverbs 23:22-25

Guarded Desire, Wise Discipline, the Fear of the LORD, and Warnings Against Envy, Gluttony, Lust, and Drunkenness

The chapter moves through warnings about appetite and wealth, discernment at corrupt tables, protection of boundaries and the fatherless, heart-applied instruction and discipline, parental joy, fear of the LORD over envy, warnings against gluttony and drunkenness, honoring parents, buying truth, sexual purity, and a final extended portrait of wine's deceptive destruction.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

23Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

24The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

25May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!

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References and Original Words

Verse 22

Cross-references

Ephesians 6:1Classic cross-references Exodus 20:12Classic cross-references Matthew 15:4Classic cross-references Proverbs 30:17Classic cross-references Proverbs 1:8Classic cross-references

Original words

Listenשְׁמַ֣עH8085Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularto your fatherלְ֭אָבִיךָH1Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularwhoזֶ֣הH2088Pronoun - masculine singulargave you lifeיְלָדֶ֑ךָH3205Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singularand do notוְאַל־H408Conjunctive waw | Adverbdespiseתָּ֝ב֗וּזH936Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularyour motherאִמֶּֽךָ׃H517Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularwhenכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionshe is oldזָקְנָ֥הH2204Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular

Verse 23

Cross-references

Proverbs 18:15Classic cross-references Matthew 13:44Classic cross-references Psalms 119:72Classic cross-references Proverbs 16:16Classic cross-references Hebrews 11:26Classic cross-references

Original words

Invest inקְ֭נֵהH7069Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singulartruthאֱמֶ֣תH571Noun - feminine singularand neverוְאַל־H408Conjunctive waw | Adverbsell itתִּמְכֹּ֑רH4376Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularin wisdomחָכְמָ֖הH2451Noun - feminine singularand instructionוּמוּסָ֣רH4148Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularand understandingוּבִינָֽה׃H998Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular

Verse 24

Cross-references

3 John 1:4Classic cross-references Proverbs 10:1Classic cross-references Proverbs 23:15Classic cross-references Proverbs 15:20Classic cross-references Luke 1:14Classic cross-references

Original words

The fatherאֲבִ֣יH1Noun - masculine singular constructof a righteous manצַדִּ֑יקH6662Adjective - masculine singularwill greatly rejoiceגּוֹלH1523Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute. . .יָגוֹלH1523Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularand he who fathersיוֹלֵדH3205Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singulara wise sonחָ֝כָ֗םH2450Adjective - masculine singularwill delight in himוְיִשְׂמַחH8055Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular. . .בּֽוֹ׃H8055Preposition | third person masculine singular

Verse 25

Cross-references

Proverbs 17:25Classic cross-references Luke 1:58Classic cross-references Luke 11:27Classic cross-references

Original words

May your fatherאָבִ֥יךָH1Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularand motherוְאִמֶּ֑ךָH517Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularbe gladיִֽשְׂמַח־H8055Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularand may she who gave you birthיֽוֹלַדְתֶּֽךָ׃H3205Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularrejoiceוְ֝תָגֵ֗לH1523Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular

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