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Proverbs 1:8-9
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Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom

Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men

8 Listen, my son,(A) to your father’s(B) instruction
    and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.(C)
9 They are a garland to grace your head
    and a chain to adorn your neck.(D)

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Proverbs 1:8-9
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Avoid evil associations

8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction;
    don’t neglect your mother’s teaching;
9         for they are a graceful wreath on your head,
        and beads for your neck.

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