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Proverbs 1:7-9
1599 Geneva Bible
Proverbs 1:7-9
1599 Geneva Bible
7 ¶ (A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 My son, hear thy [a]father’s instruction, and forsake not thy [b]mother’s teaching.
9 For they shall be [c]a comely ornament unto thine head, and as chains for thy neck.
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- Proverbs 1:8 He speaketh this in the Name of God, which is the universal Father of all creatures, or in the name of the pastor of the Church, who is as a father.
- Proverbs 1:8 That is, of the Church, wherein the faithful are begotten by the incorruptible seed of God’s word.
- Proverbs 1:9 Hebrew, increase of grace.
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