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Who is a Wise Son?

13 A wise son heeds[a] a father’s correction,
but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
From the fruit of his words a man receives benefit,[b]
    but the treacherous crave violence.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:1 The Heb. lacks heeds
  2. Proverbs 13:2 Lit. man eats good things