My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom

Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men

Listen, my son,(A) to your father’s(B) instruction
    and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.(C)

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Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

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Let love and faithfulness(A) never leave you;
    bind them around your neck,
    write them on the tablet of your heart.(B)

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