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Proverbs 1:8
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Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom
8
Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men
8
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
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Proverbs 1:9
Proverbs 1:8 in Other Translations
KJV
8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
ESV
8
Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching,
NLT
8
My child, listen when your father corrects you. Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
MSG
8
Pay close attention, friend, to what your father tells you; never forget what you learned at your mother's knee.
CSB
8
Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and don't reject your mother's teaching,
Proverbs 1:8 In-Context
6
for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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.
10
My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them.
Cross References
3
1.
ver 8-9;
Proverbs 2:1
;
Proverbs 3:1
;
Proverbs 4:1
;
Proverbs 5:1
;
Proverbs 6:1
;
Proverbs 7:1
;
Proverbs 19:27
;
Proverbs 22:17
;
Proverbs 23:26-28
2.
Jeremiah 35:8
3.
S
Deuteronomy 21:18
;
Proverbs 6:20
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