'Father' in the Bible
because whomever Yahweh will love, he will rebuke, as a father delights in his son.
Children, listen [to the] instruction of a father, and be attentive [in order] to know insight.
When I was a son to my father, tender and alone before my mother,
My child, keep [the] commandment of your father, and do not disregard [the] instruction of your mother.
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father glad, but a foolish child grieves his mother.
A wise child [hears] the discipline of a father, but a scoffer does not listen to a rebuke.
A fool will despise the instruction of his father, but he who guards reproof is prudent.
A child of wisdom will make a father glad, but a {foolish person}, he despises his mother.
He who begets a fool, [there is] trouble for him; the father of a fool will not rejoice.
A grief to his father [is] the child of a fool, and bitterness to her who bore him.
A foolish child is a ruin to his father, and the quarreling of a woman is a continuous dripping.
He who does violence to a father, he who chases away a mother, [is] a child who causes shame and brings reproach.
He who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished {in the midst of darkness}.
Listen to your father--he who {gave you life}, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
The father of the righteous will surely rejoice; he who bears a wise person will be happy with him.
May your father and your mother be glad, and may she who bore you rejoice.
As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake [them], and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity. Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother.
He who keeps instruction [is] a child of understanding, but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.
He who robs his father and his mother and says, "There is no crime," is partner to a man who corrupts.
[There is] a generation [that] will curse its father, and its mother it will not bless.
The eye [that] mocks a father and scorns the obedience of a mother-- the ravens of the valley will peck it out, and the offspring of vultures will eat it.
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