The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of knowledge;(A)
fools despise wisdom and discipline.(B)

Avoid the Path of the Violent

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,(C)
for they will be a garland(D) of favor on your head
and pendants[a] around your neck.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:9 Lit chains

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