Proverbs 1:8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

◄ Proverbs 1:8 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

English Standard Version
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching,

New American Standard Bible
Hear, my son, your father's instruction And do not forsake your mother's teaching;

King James Bible
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and don't reject your mother's teaching,

International Standard Version
My son, listen to your father's instruction, and do not let go of your mother's teaching.

American Standard Version
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

Douay-Rheims Bible
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother :

Darby Bible Translation
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

Young's Literal Translation
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

Cross References

Deuteronomy 21:18
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them:

Proverbs 4:1
Hear, you children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Proverbs 5:13
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to them that instructed me!

Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not the law of your mother:

Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father that begat you, and despise not your mother when she is old.

Jeremiah 35:8
Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he has charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

1:7-9 Fools are persons who have no true wisdom, who follow their own devices, without regard to reason, or reverence for God. Children are reasonable creatures, and when we tell them what they must do, we must tell them why. But they are corrupt and wilful, therefore with the instruction there is need of a law. Let Divine truths and commands be to us most honourable; let us value them, and then they shall be so to us.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

8. My son—This paternal form denotes a tender regard for the reader. Filial sentiments rank next to piety towards God, and ensure most distinguished rewards (compare Pr 6:20; Eph 6:2, 3).