Proverbs 1:8
Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, || And do not leave the law of your mother,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
In Context
7Fear of YHWH [is the] beginning of knowledge, || Fools have despised wisdom and instruction!
9For they [are] a graceful wreath to your head, || And chains to your neck.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18When a man has a son apostatizing and being rebellious—he is not listening to the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother, and they have disciplined him, and he does not listen to them—
1 Samuel 2:25If a man sins against a man, then God has judged him; but if a man sins against YHWH, who prays for him?” And they do not listen to the voice of their father, though YHWH has delighted to put them to death.
Proverbs 1:15My son! Do not go in the way with them, || Withhold your foot from their path,
Proverbs 3:1My son! Do not forget my law, || And let your heart keep my commands,
Proverbs 5:1My son! Give attention to my wisdom, || Incline your ear to my understanding,
Proverbs 7:1My son! Keep my sayings, || And lay up my commands 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 →