A moment in scripture
Proverbs 1:8
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My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
- Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Proverbs 1:9
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
- Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.