Proverbs 1:8
My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
In Context
7The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
9For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, which wil not hearken vnto the voice of his father, nor the voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened him, and he would not obey them,
1 Samuel 2:25If one man sinne against another, the Iudge shall iudge it: but if a man sinne against the Lord, who will pleade for him? Notwithstanding they obeyed not the voyce of their father, because the Lord would slay them.
Proverbs 1:15My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them: refraine thy foote from their path.
Proverbs 3:1My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.
Proverbs 5:1My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, and incline thine eare vnto my knowledge.
Proverbs 7:1My sonne, keepe my wordes, and hide my commandements with thee.
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 →