Proverbs 1:6-8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Avoid the Path of the Violent
8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,(D)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:6 Or an enigma
Proverbs 1:6-8
New King James Version
6 To understand a proverb and an enigma,
The words of the wise and their (A)riddles.
7 (B)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Shun Evil Counsel
8 (C)My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not forsake the law of your mother;
Proverbs 1:6-8
King James Version
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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