Proverbs 1:6-8 New English Translation (NET)

6. To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable,the sayings of the wise and their riddles.

7. Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge,but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

8. Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father,and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

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