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3:1  Children, listen to me; I am your father. Do what I tell you and you will be safe,
3:2  for the Lord has given fathers authority over their children and given children the obligation to obey their mothers.
3:3  If you respect your father, you can make up for your sins,
3:4  and if you honor your mother, you are earning great wealth.
3:5  If you respect your father, one day your own children will make you happy; the Lord will hear your prayers.
3:6  If you obey the Lord by honoring your father and making your mother happy, you will live a long life.
3:7  Obey your parents as if you were their slave.
3:8  Honor your father in everything you do and say, so that you may receive his blessing.
3:9  When parents give their blessing, they give strength to their children's homes, but when they curse their children, they destroy the very foundations.
3:10  Never seek honor for yourself at your father's expense; it is not to your credit if he is dishonored.
3:11  Your own honor comes from the respect that you show to your father. If children do not honor their mothers, it is their own disgrace.
3:12  My child, take care of your father when he grows old; give him no cause for worry as long as he lives.
3:13  Be sympathetic even if his mind fails him; don't look down on him just because you are strong and healthy.
3:14  The Lord will not forget the kindness you show to your father; it will help you make up for your sins.
3:15  When you are in trouble, the Lord will remember your kindness and will help you; your sins will melt away like frost in warm sunshine.
3:16  Those who abandon their parents or give them cause for anger may as well be cursing the Lord; they are already under the Lord's curse.
3:17  My child, be humble in everything you do, and people will appreciate it more than gifts.
3:18  The greater you become, the more humble you should be; then the Lord will be pleased with you.
3:20  The Lord's power is great, and he is honored by those who are humble.
3:21  Don't try to understand things that are too hard for you, or investigate matters that are beyond your power to know.
3:22  Concentrate on the Law, which has been given to you. You do not need to know about things which the Lord has not revealed,
3:23  so don't concern yourself with them. After all, what has been shown to you is beyond human power to understand.
3:24  Many people have been misled by their own opinions; their wrong ideas have warped their judgment.
3:26  Stubbornness will get you into trouble at the end. If you live dangerously, it will kill you.
3:27  A stubborn person will be burdened down with troubles. Sinners go on adding one sin to another.
3:28  There is no cure for the troubles that arrogant people have; wickedness has taken deep root in them.
3:29  Intelligent people will learn from proverbs and parables. They listen well because they want to learn.
3:30  Giving to the poor can make up for sin, just as water can put out a blazing fire.
3:31  Anyone who responds to others with acts of kindness is thinking of the future, because he will find help if he ever falls on hard times.