Proverbs 1:8-9
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Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom
Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men
Proverbs 1:8-9
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8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
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Proverbs 2:1
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Moral Benefits of Wisdom
2 My son,(A) if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,
Proverbs 2:1
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2 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
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Proverbs 3:1
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Wisdom Bestows Well-Being
Proverbs 3:1
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3 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
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Proverbs 4:1
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Get Wisdom at Any Cost
Proverbs 4:1
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4 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
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Proverbs 5:1
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Warning Against Adultery
Proverbs 5:1
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5 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
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Proverbs 6:1
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Warnings Against Folly
Proverbs 6:1
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6 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
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Proverbs 7:1
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Warning Against the Adulterous Woman
7 My son,(A) keep my words
and store up my commands within you.
Proverbs 7:1
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7 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
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Proverbs 19:27
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27 Stop listening to instruction, my son,(A)
and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27
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27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
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Proverbs 22:17
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Thirty Sayings of the Wise
Saying 1
Proverbs 22:17
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17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
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Proverbs 23:26-28
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Saying 18
Proverbs 23:26-28
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26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
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