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3:1  Listen to me your father, O children; act accordingly, that you may be safe.
3:2  For the Lord honors a father above his children, and he confirms a mother’s judgment over her sons.
3:3  Those who honor their father atone for sins,
3:4  and those who respect their mother are like those who lay up treasure.
3:5  Those who honor their father will have joy in their children, and when they pray they will be heard.
3:6  Those who respect their father will have long life, and those who honor their mother obey the Lord;
3:7  they will serve their parents as their masters.
3:8  Honor your father by word and deed, that his blessing may come upon you.
3:9  For a father’s blessing strengthens the houses of the children, but a mother’s curse uproots their foundations.
3:10  Do not glorify yourself by your father’s dishonor, for your father’s dishonor is no glory to you.
3:11  The honor of one’s father is one’s own glory, and a mother dishonored is a disgrace to her children.
3:12  My child, help your father in his old age, and do not grieve him as long as he lives;
3:13  even if his mind fails, be patient with him; do not despise him because you have all your faculties.
3:14  For kindness to a father will not be forgotten and will be credited to you against your sins;
3:15  in the day of your distress it will be remembered in your favor; like frost in fair weather, your sins will melt away.
3:16  Whoever forsakes a father is like a blasphemer, and whoever angers a mother is cursed by the Lord.
3:17  My child, perform your tasks with humility; then you will be loved more than a giver of gifts.
3:18  The greater you are, the more you must humble yourself; so you will find favor in the sight of the Lord.
3:20  For great is the might of the Lord, but by the humble he is glorified.
3:21  Neither seek what is too difficult for you nor investigate what is beyond your power.
3:22  Reflect upon what you have been commanded, for what is hidden is not your concern.
3:23  In matters greater than your own affairs, do not meddle, for things beyond human understanding have been shown you.
3:24  For their conceit has led many astray, and wrong opinion has impaired their judgment.
3:25  Without eyes there is no light; without knowledge there is no wisdom.
3:26  A stubborn mind will fare badly at the end, and whoever loves danger will perish in it.
3:27  A stubborn mind will be burdened by troubles, and the sinner adds sin to sins.
3:28  When calamity befalls the proud, there is no healing, for an evil plant has taken root in him.
3:29  The mind of the intelligent appreciates proverbs, and an attentive ear is the desire of the wise.
3:30  As water extinguishes a blazing fire, so almsgiving atones for sin.
3:31  Those who repay favors give thought to the future; when they fall they will find support.