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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 1) Proverbs 1:7-9 KJV
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck."
Proverbs 1:7-9 in Context (Verses 4–12 KJV)
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To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.*
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A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
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To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.*
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¶ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.*
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My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.*
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¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
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If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
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Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: