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Proverbs 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 1:8 · King James Version
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Proverbs 1:8 in other translations
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;
My son, listen to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching:
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5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
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