- My son, keep your father's commands and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
 - Bind them upon your heart forever; fasten them around your neck.
 - When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
 - For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life,
 - keeping you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.
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- My son, observe the commandment of your father And do not forsake the teaching of your mother;
 - Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.
 - When you walk about, they will guide you; When you sleep, they will watch over you; And when you awake, they will talk to you.
 - For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light; And reproofs for discipline are the way of life
 - To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
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