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What you learn from your parents will bring you honor and respect, like a crown or a gold medal.[a]

10 My son, those who love to do wrong will try to trick you. Don’t listen to them. 11 They will say, “Come with us. Let’s hide and beat to death anyone who happens to walk by.

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  1. Proverbs 1:9 Literally, “They are like a wreath of favor to your head and a necklace around your neck.”

They are a garland to grace your head
    and a chain to adorn your neck.(A)

10 My son, if sinful men entice(B) you,
    do not give in(C) to them.(D)
11 If they say, “Come along with us;
    let’s lie in wait(E) for innocent blood,
    let’s ambush some harmless soul;

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