To understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

(A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

My son, hear thy [a]father’s instruction, and forsake not thy [b]mother’s teaching.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:8 He speaketh this in the Name of God, which is the universal Father of all creatures, or in the name of the pastor of the Church, who is as a father.
  2. Proverbs 1:8 That is, of the Church, wherein the faithful are begotten by the incorruptible seed of God’s word.

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