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Proverbs 1:8 - 1:9
The Enticement of Sinners
8Hear, my son, your father’s discipline
And do not abandon your mother’s instruction;
9 For they are a garland of grace for your head
And ornaments about your neck.
Proverbs 3:1 - 3:2
Trust, Fear, and Honor Yahweh
My son, do not forget my law,
But let your heart guard my commandments;
2 For length of days and years of life
And peace they will add to you.
Proverbs 4:1 - 4:13
A Father’s Wise Instruction
Hear, O sons, the discipline of a father,
And pay attention that you may know understanding,
2 For I give you sound learning;
Do not forsake my instruction.
3 When I was a son to my father,
Tender and the only son before my mother,
4 Then he instructed me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
Keep my commandments and live;
5 Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding!
Do not forget and do not turn away from the sayings of my mouth.
6 Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;
Love her, and she will guard you.
7 The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom;
And with all your acquiring, acquire understanding.
8 Prize her, and she will exalt you;
She will honor you if you embrace her.
9 She will give for your head a garland of grace;
She will present you with a crown of beauty.”
10
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings
And the years of your life will be many.
11 I have instructed you in the way of wisdom;
I have led you in upright tracks.
12 When you walk, your steps will not be impeded;
And if you run, you will not stumble.
13 Seize discipline; do not let go.
Guard her, for she is your life.
Proverbs 4:20 - 4:22
20
My son, pay attention to my words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Do not let them deviate from your eyes;
Keep them in the midst of your heart.
22 For they are life to those who find them
And healing to all his flesh.
Proverbs 5:1 - 5:2
Warning Against Adultery
My son, pay attention to my wisdom,
Incline your ear to my discernment;
2 That you may keep discretion
And that your lips may guard knowledge.
Proverbs 6:20 - 6:23
Warning Against Adultery
20My son, observe the commandment of your father
And do not abandon the law of your mother;
21 Bind them continually on your heart;
Tie them around your neck.
22 When you walk about, they will lead you;
When you sleep, they will keep watch over you;
And when you awake, they will speak to you.
23 For the commandment is a lamp and the law is light;
And reproofs for discipline are the way of life
Proverbs 7:1 - 7:3
The Adulteress’ Trap
My son, keep my words
And treasure my commandments within you.
2 Keep my commandments and live,
And my law as the apple of your eye.
3 Bind them on your fingers;
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 10:17
17
He is on the path of life who keeps discipline,
But he who forsakes reproof makes himself wander about.
Proverbs 19:16
16
He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul,
But he who despises his way will die.
Proverbs 23:22
22
Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 28:4
4
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,
But those who keep the law strive with them.
Proverbs 28:7
7
He who observes the law is a son who understands,
But he who befriends gluttons humiliates his father.
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