Proverbs 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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 beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
9That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18If a man have a stubborn and unruly son, who will not hear the commandments of his father or mother, and being corrected, slighteth obedience:
1 Samuel 2:25If one man shall sin against another, God may be appeased in his behalf: but if a man shall sin against the Lord, who shall pray for him? And they hearkened not to the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them. Who shall pray for him... By this word Heli would have his sons understand, that by their wicked abuse of sacred things, and of the very sacrifices which were appointed to appease the Lord, they deprived themselves of the ordinary means of reconciliation with God; which was by sacrifices. The more, because they were the chief priests whose business it was to intercede for all others, they had no other to offer sacrifices and to make atonement for them. Ibid. Because the Lord would slay them... In consequence of their manifold sacrileges, he would not soften their hearts with his efficacious grace, but was determined to destroy them.
Proverbs 1:15My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my commandments.
Proverbs 5:1My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline thy ear to my prudence,
Proverbs 7:1My son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts with thee. Son,
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 →