9 They are a garland to grace your head
and a chain to adorn your neck.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Proverbs are integrated jewels of truth
fundamental to following the narrow path.
#proverbs #garland #grace #head #chain #adorn #neck #wreath #necklace
8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
9 They are a garland to grace your head
and a chain to adorn your neck.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Proverbs are instructions and teachings
that are revealed in your speech and actions.
#listen #son #father #instruction #mother #teaching #garland #grace #head #chain #adorn #neck
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs Club Commentary
If you despise wisdom,
you will never know the Fear Of The Lord.
#Fear_of_the_Lord #beginning_of_knowledge #fools #despise #wisdom #instruction #fear #Lord #knowledge
5 let the wise listen and add to their learning,
and let the discerning get guidance—
6 for understanding proverbs and parables,
the sayings and riddles of the wise.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Siphonaptera
by Augustus De Morgan
Great fleas have little fleas
upon their backs to bite ’em,
And little fleas have lesser fleas,
and so ad infinitum.
And the great fleas themselves,
in turn, have greater fleas to go on;
While these again have greater still,
and greater still, and so on.
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4 for giving prudence to those who are simple,
knowledge and discretion to the young.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Proverbs are recommended
for the simple and the young
to impart prudence, discretion, and knowledge.
Prudence and Discretion, effectively the same,
are mentioned for both the young and simple.
Knowledge is mentioned for the young.
