Proverbs 1:8
My son, sh'ma ·hear obey· your father’s instruction, 2 and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: 1
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
In Context
9for they will be a garland to chen ·grace· your head, 2 and chains around your neck. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18+ 21:18. Deut 21:18, 21:20 (Deut 21:18-21; Gen 9:4-6) (#5.376): Not to be a stubborn and rebellious son T. Example: Stubborn and refusing admonition and discipline from his parents. Not to eat and drink like a glutton and a drunkard. A child living a wild and unrestrained life. R. Note: The punishment is stoning to death, yet Judaism does not have any record of this consequence being administered If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not sh'ma ·hear obey· the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them;
Proverbs 1:15My son, don’t walk on the path with them. 2 Keep your foot from their path, 1
Proverbs 3:1My son, don’t forget my teaching; 2 but keep my mitzvot ·instructions· in your heart: 1
Proverbs 5:1My son, pay attention to my wisdom. 2 Turn your ear to my understanding: 1
Proverbs 7:1My son, keep my words. 2 Lay up my mitzvot ·instructions· within you. 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 →