Daily Wisdom: Proverbs 1:8

Monday, June 1, 1998

Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
— Proverbs 1:8

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Illustration of Proverbs 1:8 — Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

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