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Duties towards Parents

3Listen to me your father, O children;
   act accordingly, that you may be kept in safety.
² For the Lord honours a father above his children,
   and he confirms a mother’s right over her children.
³ Those who honour their father atone for sins,
⁴   and those who respect their mother are like those who lay up treasure.
⁵ Those who honour their father will have joy in their own children,
   and when they pray they will be heard.
⁶ Those who respect their father will have long life,
   and those who honour^* their mother obey the Lord;
⁷   they will serve their parents as their masters.^*
8 Honour your father by word and deed,
   that his blessing may come upon you.
⁹ For a father’s blessing strengthens the houses of the children,
   but a mother’s curse uproots their foundations.
¹⁰ Do not glorify yourself by dishonouring your father,
   for your father’s dishonour is no glory to you.
¹¹ The glory of one’s father is one’s own glory,
   and it is a disgrace for children not to respect their mother.