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An elderly father speaks with an attentive grown son beside a courtyard bench.
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Proverbs 13:1

Heeding a Father

Guarded Speech, Patient Gain, and Wise Companions · Proverbs 13

Story guide: The listening grown son and the turned shoulder contrast responsiveness with scorn.

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1A wise son heeds a father's discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

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