Proverbs 1:8
My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
In Context
7The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.
9For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:
1 Samuel 2:25If one man does wrong to another, God will be his judge: but if a man's sin is against the Lord, who will take up his cause? But they gave no attention to the voice of their father, for it was the Lord's purpose to send destruction on them.
Proverbs 1:15My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:
Proverbs 3:1My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:
Proverbs 5:1My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:
Proverbs 7:1My son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:8-10
Parental Admonitions. 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. Solomon, having undertaken to teach a young man knowledge and discretion, here lays down two general rules to be observed in order thereunto, and those are, to fear God and honour his parents, which two fundamental laws of morality… Read the whole commentary →