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20 My son, keep your father’s commandment,
    and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
21 Bind them continually on your heart.
    Tie them around your neck.
22 When you walk, it will lead you.
    When you sleep, it will watch over you.
    When you awake, it will talk with you.
23 For the commandment is a lamp,
    and the law is light.
    Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

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Warning Against Adultery

20 My son, keep your father’s commandment,
    and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.
21 Bind them continually upon your heart,
    and tie them around your neck.
22 When you go, they will lead you;
    when you sleep, they will keep you;
    and when you awake, they will speak with you.
23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light;
    and reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

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