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For kindness to a father will not be forgotten, and against your sins it will be credited to you;
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in the day of your affliction it will be remembered in your favor; as frost in fair weather, your sins will melt away.
16
Whoever forsakes his father is like a blasphemer, and whoever angers his mother is cursed by the Lord.
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My son, perform your tasks in meekness; then you will be loved by those whom God accepts.
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The greater you are, the more you must humble yourself; so you will find favor in the sight of the Lord.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the 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.