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Proverbs 1:8-9
World English Bible

8 My son, listen to your father’s instruction,
    and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:
9 for they will be a garland to grace your head,
    and chains around your neck.

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Proverbs 1:8-9
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8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father,
And forsake not the [a]law of thy mother:
9 For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head,
And chains about thy neck.

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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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