Proverbs 1:8
My son, listen to your father's instruction,and do not forsake your mother's teaching:
New Heart English 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 have 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 sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall entreat for him?" Notwithstanding, they did not listen to the voice of their father, because the Lord intended to kill them.
Proverbs 1:15My son, do not walk in the way with them.Keep your foot from their path,
Proverbs 3:1My son, do not 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 →