Purpose and Theme

The proverbs(A) of Solomon(B) son of David, king of Israel:(C)

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20 A wise son brings joy to his father,(A)
    but a foolish man despises his mother.

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25 A foolish son brings grief to his father
    and bitterness to the mother who bore him.(A)

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13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin,(A)
    and a quarrelsome wife is like
    the constant dripping of a leaky roof.(B)

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More Proverbs of Solomon

25 These are more proverbs(A) of Solomon, compiled by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:(B)

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15 A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,
    but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.(A)

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