Proverbs 1:8-10

Revised Standard Version

Warnings against Evil Companions

⁸Hear, my son, your father’s instruction,
    and reject not your mother’s teaching;
⁹for they are a fair garland for your head,
    and pendants for your neck.
¹⁰My son, if sinners entice you,
    do not consent.

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