Holy Scripture
Proverbs 6:20
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“Preserve, my son, the precepts of your father, etc. Now under the guise of the adulterous woman, he forbids listening to heresy.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
20My son, keep the laws of thy father, And reject not the ordinances of thy mother:
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18And a heart devising evil thoughts, And feet hastening to do evil— are hateful to God.
19An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, And brings on quarrels between brethren.
— Proverbs 6:20 —
21But bind them upon thy soul continually, And hang them as a chain about thy neck.
22Whensoever thou walkest, lead this along and let it be with thee; And when thou sleepest let it keep thee; That it may talk with thee when thou wakest.