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O son, help your father in his old age, and do not grieve him as long as he lives;
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even if he is lacking in understanding, show forbearance; in all your strength do not despise him.
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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.
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Whoever forsakes his father is like a blasphemer, and whoever angers his mother is cursed by 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.