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Proverbs 1:8-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

Warnings against Evil Companions

8 Hear, my child, your father’s instruction,
    and do not reject your mother’s teaching,(A)
9 for they are a fair garland for your head
    and pendants for your neck.(B)

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Proverbs 1:8-9
New Living Translation

A Father’s Exhortation: Acquire Wisdom

8 My child,[a] listen when your father corrects you.
    Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
9 What you learn from them will crown you with grace
    and be a chain of honor around your neck.

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  1. 1:8 Hebrew My son; also in 1:10, 15.
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