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My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not reject the teaching of your mother.
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For they are a garland of grace on your head,
And chains and ornaments [of gold] around your neck.

4 Hear, O children, the instruction of a father,
And pay attention [and be willing to learn] so that you may gain understanding and intelligent discernment.
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For I give you good doctrine;
Do not ^[a]turn away from my instruction.
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When I was a son with my father (David),
Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother (Bathsheba),
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He taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
Keep my commandments and live.^(A)

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He who troubles (mismanages) his own house will inherit the wind (nothing),
And the foolish will be a servant to the wise-hearted.

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A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man despises his mother.