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⁶The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.

¹²Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

²⁰Whoever curses his father and mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness.

²⁶And I will give to you a new heart, and I will place in you a new spirit. And I will take away the heart of stone from your body, and I will give to you a heart of flesh.

²Honor your father and your mother. This is the first commandment with a promise: ³so that it may be well with you, and so that you may have a long life upon the earth.

⁹And he said to me: “My grace is sufficient for you. For virtue is perfected in weakness.” And so, willingly shall I glory in my weaknesses, so that the virtue of Christ may live within me.

⁴And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but educate them with the discipline and correction of the Lord.

³Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb. ⁴Like arrows in the hand of the powerful, so are the sons of those who have been cast out. ⁵Blessed is the man who has filled his desire from these things. He will not be confounded when he speaks to his enemies at the gate.

¹⁴Yet truly, you should remain in those things which you have learned and which have been entrusted to you. For you know from whom you have learned them. ¹⁵And, from your infancy, you have known the Sacred Scriptures, which are able to instruct you toward salvation, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

²¹Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart.

³But responding, he said to them: “And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said: ⁴‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘Whoever will have cursed father or mother shall die a death.’ ⁵But you say: ‘If anyone will have said to father or mother, “It is dedicated, so that whatever is from me will benefit you,” ⁶then he shall not honor his father or his mother.’ So have you nullified the commandment of God, for the sake of your tradition.

²⁴He who spares the rod hates his son. But he who loves him urgently instructs him.

⁶Sons of sons are the crown of old age. And the glory of sons is their fathers.

⁸Listen, my son, to the discipline of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother, ⁹so that grace may be added to your head and a collar to your neck.

²⁴For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh.

⁸But if anyone has no concern for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith, and he is worse than an unbeliever.

¹A good name is better than many riches. And good esteem is above silver and gold. ²The rich and poor have met one another. The Lord is the maker of them both. ³The clever saw evil and hid himself. The innocent continued on and was afflicted with damage. ⁴The end of moderation is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life. ⁵Weapons and swords are on the way of the perverse. But he who guards his own soul withdraws far from them. ⁶The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.

¹⁵Foolishness has been bound to the heart of a child, and a rod of discipline shall cause it to flee.

¹⁵The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will, brings shame to his mother.

⁸Listen, my son, to the discipline of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother,

¹⁷Teach your son, and he will refresh you, and he will give delight to your soul.

²⁰Children, obey your parents in all things. For this is well-pleasing to the Lord.