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Proverbs 1:7-9

Psalm 150Proverbs 2

Proverbs 1:7-9 New International Version (NIV)

7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
    but fools[a] despise wisdom and instruction.

Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom

Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men

8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction
    and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
9 They are a garland to grace your head
    and a chain to adorn your neck.

Footnotes:

  1. Proverbs 1:7 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.
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