Proverbs 1:8
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
Berean Standard Bible
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 knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
9For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
1 Samuel 2:25If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.
Proverbs 1:15my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
Proverbs 5:1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
Proverbs 7:1My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within 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 →