*1.* “Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. Buy the truth and do not sell it – wisdom, instruction and insight as well. The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him. May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!” *2* “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. .” *3* “There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.” *4* “For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.”