The teacher here resumes his admonitions after thus citing the example of his father's teaching, and showing how it resembled the tenor of his own precepts, which, upon such a consideration, were most worthy of attention.
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Proverbs 4:20
Proverbs 4:20
The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain
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