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8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. 9 They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
- Proverbs 1:8-9:18 NIV
Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom. and do not forsake...
- Proverbs 1
1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: but...
- Proverbs 1:8-9:18 NIV
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
Proverbs 1:8–9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV) 8 My son, listen to your father’s advice. Don’t turn away from your mother’s teaching.
Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom. and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. and a chain to adorn your neck. do not give in to them. they are swift to shed blood. where every bird can see it! they ambush only themselves! it takes away the life of those who get it. 22 “How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?
22 “How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? and fools hate knowledge? 23 Repent at my rebuke! I will make known to you my teachings. when distress and trouble overwhelm you. and did not choose to fear the Lord. and be filled with the fruit of their schemes. and be at ease, without fear of harm.”
1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: but fools[c] despise wisdom and instruction. and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. and a chain to adorn your neck. do not give in to them. they are swift to shed blood. where every bird can see it! they ambush only themselves! it takes away the life of those who get it.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.
