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Proverbs 1:7-9
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Proverbs 1:7-9
New Life Version
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of much learning. Fools hate wisdom and teaching.
8 Hear your father’s teaching, my son, and do not turn away from your mother’s teaching. 9 For they are a glory to your head and a chain of beauty around your neck.
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Proverbs 1:7-9
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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
Footnotes
- 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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