Proverbs 1:8
Beni (my son), hear the musar Avicha, 1 and forsake not the Torat Immecha. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 Yirat Hashem is the reshit da'as, 1 but fools despise chochmah and musar. 1
9For they shall be a garland of chen unto thy rosh, 1 and a chain about thy neck. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18If an ish have a stubborn and rebellious ben, which will not obey the voice of his av, or the voice of his em, and that, when they have chastened him, will not give heed unto them;
1 Samuel 2:25If one ish sin against another ish, Elohim shall intervene as arbiter for him; but if an ish sin against Hashem, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they paid heed not unto the kol avihem (voice of their father), because Hashem willed to execute them.
Proverbs 1:15Beni (my son), walk not thou in the derech with them; 1 refrain thy regel from their path; 1
Proverbs 3:1Beni (my son), forget not my torah; 1 but let thine lev keep my mitzvot; 1
Proverbs 5:1Beni (my son), attend unto my chochmah, 1 and bow thine ozen to my tevunah (understanding); 1
Proverbs 7:1Beni (my son), be shomer over my words, 1 and treasure up my mitzvot with thee. 1
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 →