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For a father's blessing strengthens the houses of the children, but a mother's curse uproots their foundations.
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Do not glorify yourself by dishonoring your father, for your father's dishonor is no glory to you.
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The glory of one's father is one's own glory, and it is a disgrace for children not to respect their mother.
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My child, help your father in his old age, and do not grieve him as long as he lives;
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even if his mind fails, be patient with him; because you have all your faculties do not despise him.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.