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Proverbs 1:8 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015

Mwanangu, sikiliza mwongozo wa baba yako, wala usiyaache mafundisho ya mama yako.

Proverbs 1:8 in English

Proverbs 1:8 · Berean Standard Bible

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

Context

6kwa kufahamu mithali na mifano, misemo na vitendawili vya wenye hekima. 7Kumcha Bwana ndicho chanzo cha maarifa, lakini wapumbavu hudharau hekima na adabu. 8Mwanangu, sikiliza mwongozo wa baba yako, wala usiyaache mafundisho ya mama yako. 9Hayo yatakuwa taji la maua la neema kichwani pako, na mkufu wa kuipamba shingo yako. 10Mwanangu, kama wenye dhambi wakikushawishi, usikubaliane nao.

Swahili text and audio: Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version™, made available under an open license by Biblica, Inc.