para compreender provérbios e parábolas,
    ditados e enigmas dos sábios.

O temor do Senhor
    é o princípio[a] do conhecimento,
mas os insensatos desprezam
    a sabedoria e a disciplina.

Advertências da Sabedoria

Ouça, meu filho, a instrução de seu pai
    e não despreze o ensino de sua mãe.

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Footnotes

  1. 1.7 Ou a chave; também em 9.10.

To understand a proverb and an enigma,
The words of the wise and their (A)riddles.

(B)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Shun Evil Counsel

(C)My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not forsake the law of your mother;

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for understanding proverbs and parables,(A)
    the sayings and riddles(B) of the wise.[a](C)

The fear of the Lord(D) is the beginning of knowledge,
    but fools[b] despise wisdom(E) and instruction.(F)

Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom

Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men

Listen, my son,(G) to your father’s(H) instruction
    and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:6 Or understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles
  2. Proverbs 1:7 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.

to understand a proverb and a saying,
    (A)the words of the wise and their (B)riddles.

(C)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
    fools despise wisdom and instruction.

The Enticement of Sinners

(D)Hear, my son, your father's instruction,
    and forsake not your mother's teaching,

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