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Proverbs 1:8
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
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Proverbs 1:8 in other translations
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;
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In context
5 He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:
6 to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.
7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
9 for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
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