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Proverbs 1:6-8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 1:6-8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Avoid the Path of the Violent
8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,(D)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:6 Or an enigma
Proverbs 1:6-8
King James Version
Proverbs 1:6-8
King James Version
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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Proverbs 1:6-8
English Standard Version
Proverbs 1:6-8
English Standard Version
7 (C)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
The Enticement of Sinners
8 (D)Hear, my son, your father's instruction,
and forsake not your mother's teaching,
Proverbs 1:6-8
New International Version
Proverbs 1:6-8
New International Version
7 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
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:6 Or understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles
- Proverbs 1:7 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.
Pwovèb 1:6-8
Haitian Creole Version
Pwovèb 1:6-8
Haitian Creole Version
6 konsa, y'a ka konprann sans tout pwovèb ak tout parabòl, sans tout pawòl k'ap soti nan bouch moun ki gen bon konprann yo ak koze tout moun pa ka konprann.
7 ¶ Lè ou gen krentif pou Bondye, se lè sa a ou konmanse gen konesans. Moun fou pa konn valè sa yo rele gen konesans, yo refize aprann.
8 Pitit mwen, koute papa ou non lè l'ap ba ou bon levasyon! Pa janm bliye sa manman ou te moutre ou!
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