Family/Friends/Neighbors

Prov. 10:1 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
17:6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
v. 21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
v. 25. A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
19: 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

V. 26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
19:26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
27:11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
28:7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
29:3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

On the one hand, the sayings that parents are blessed by the wisdom and righteousness of their children and those children are blessed if they have parents who behave wisely. Children can be as proud of their parents as grandparents are of their grandchildren.
On the other hand, children who act foolish bring grief, ruin, and shame upon their parents. The wise see disgrace and shame heaped upon children who mistreat their parents and warn that dire consequences are in store for those who curse the parents.

17:17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
The loyalty expected from a brother is fairly high, though not higher than one might expect from a true friend.
18:19 A brother offended is harder to be won….
11:22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
It is impossible to tell whether the unflattering simile refers simply to any woman without discretion or specifically to a wife without discretion.
14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
18:22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the

L-RD.
19:14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers and a prudent wife is from the L-RD
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The word prudent is translated wise
19:13 ….and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
One that feels less bless in their marriage.
21:9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house
v. 19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
2 Kg. 2:16 A good wife is the crown of her husband.
27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
The only reference to the popular instructional topic of sexual infidelity.

Friends and Neighbors
17:9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother

27:10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.
A nearby neighbor is better than a distant brother, particularly if the neighbors are longtime family friends
25:17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
27:5-6 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
The open rebuke of a friend are preferable to profuse kisses from an enemy.
27:14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

Some advice for keeping the friends you have: do not bless your neighbor in a loud voice very early in the morning, do not keep bringing up old offenses, and let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house.

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