Proverbs 7: The Young Man and the Adulteress

A father urges his son to treasure his teaching and treat wisdom like a sister as protection against the adulteress. From his window he recounts watching a naive young man lured by her flattering, secretive invitation, and warns that following her leads down to death.

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In 7:1-3, how carefully is the son told to guard his father's teaching?

Only on feast days, when the law was read aloud in publicLoosely, since any teaching can be relearned when neededAs closely as the pupil of his eye, written on his heartBy leaving it with the priests to keep safe in the temple