Proverbs 1:8
My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;
World Messianic 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 the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
9for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them,
1 Samuel 2:25If one man sins against another, God will judge him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who will intercede for him?” Notwithstanding, they didn’t listen to the voice of their father, because the LORD intended to kill them.
Proverbs 1:15my son, don’t walk on the path with them. Keep your foot from their path,
Proverbs 3:1My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
Proverbs 5:1My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding,
Proverbs 7:1My son, keep my words. Lay up 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 →