The proverbs talk a lot about how we are to treat our neighbors and the general public, but they also delve into areas that we would rather were ignored: how we relate to our family, how we live in those most personal of settings.
A foolish son is his father's ruin,
and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,
but a prudent wife is from the LORD. Prov. 19:13-14 NIV
Discipline your son, for in that there is hope;
do not be a willing party to his death. - Prov. 19-18 NIV
He who robs his father and drives out his mother
is a son who brings shame and disgrace. - Prov. 19:26 NIV
Even a child is known by his actions,
by whether his conduct is pure and right - Prov. 20:11 NIV
If a man curses his father or mother,
his lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness. - Prov. 20:20 NIV
Better to live on a corner of the roof
than share a house with a quarrelsome wife. - Prov. 21:9 NIV
Train a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not turn from it. - Prov. 22:6 NIV
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him. - Prov. 11:15 NIV
It's not enough for us to have a public persona that is godly, we have to be righteous in all of our dealings, especially with those we encounter on a daily basis.
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