Proverbs 1:8
My son, pay attention to your father's instruction, and don't reject your mother's teaching.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
In Context
9They are a wreath of grace to decorate your head; they are pendants for your neck.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18If someone has an obstinate and rebellious son who doesn't obey his parents and doesn't obey them even when he's punished,
1 Samuel 2:25If a man sins against someone, God can intercede for him; but if a man sin against the Lord, who is going to intercede for him?” But they didn't pay attention to what their father said, for the Lord was planning to put them to death.
Proverbs 1:15My son, don't follow their ways. Don't go in that direction with them.
Proverbs 3:1My son, don't forget my instructions. Always keep my commands in mind.
Proverbs 5:1My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen carefully as I explain what makes sense,
Proverbs 7:1My son, accept what I say and value my instructions.
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 →