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Mishle 1:7-9
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7 The Yirat Hashem is the reshit da’as, but fools despise chochmah and musar.

8 Beni (my son), hear the musar Avicha, and forsake not the Torat Immecha.

9 For they shall be a garland of chen unto thy rosh, and a chain about thy neck.

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Proverbs 1:7-9
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7 The fear of the Lord(A) is the beginning of knowledge,
    but fools[a] despise wisdom(B) and instruction.(C)

Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom

Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men

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

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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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