Proverbs 1:8
Strong's Lexicon
Listen,
שְׁמַ֣ע (šə·ma‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: v 1) to hear, listen to, obey 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to hear (perceive by ear) 1a2) to hear of or concerning 1a3) to hear (have power to hear) 1a4) to hear with attention or interest, listen to 1a5) to understand (language) 1a6) to hear (of judicial cases) 1a7) to listen, give heed 1a7a) to consent, agree 1a7b) to grant request 1a8) to listen to, yield to 1a9) to obey, be obedient 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be heard (of voice or sound) 1b2) to be heard of 1b3) to be regarded, be obeyed 1c) (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound 1d2) to sound aloud (musical term) 1d3) to make proclamation, summon 1d4) to cause to be heard n m 2) sound

my son,
בְּ֭נִי (bə·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class

to your father’s
אָבִ֑יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: 1) father of an individual 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.)

instruction,
מוּסַ֣ר (mū·sar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4148: 1) discipline, chastening, correction 1a) discipline, correction 1b) chastening

and do not forsake
תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ (tiṭ·ṭōš)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5203: 1) to leave, permit, forsake, cast off or away, reject, suffer, join, spread out or abroad, be loosed, cease, abandon, quit, hang loose, cast down, make a raid, lie fallow, let fall, forgo, draw 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to leave, let alone, lie fallow, entrust to 1a2) to forsake, abandon 1a3) to permit 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be forsaken 1b2) to be loosened, be loose 1b3) to be let go, spread abroad 1c) (Pual) to be abandoned, be deserted

וְאַל־ (wə·’al-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference) 1a) do not, let not (with a verb) 1b) let there not be (with a verb understood) 1c) not, no (with substantive) 1d) nothing (as substantive)

the teaching
תּוֹרַ֥ת (tō·w·raṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8451: 1) law, direction, instruction 1a) instruction, direction (human or divine) 1a1) body of prophetic teaching 1a2) instruction in Messianic age 1a3) body of priestly direction or instruction 1a4) body of legal directives 1b) law 1b1) law of the burnt offering 1b2) of special law, codes of law 1c) custom, manner 1d) the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law

of your mother.
אִמֶּֽךָ׃ (’im·me·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 517: 1) mother 1a) of humans 1b) of Deborah's relationship to the people (fig.) 1c) of animals 2) point of departure or division

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

Young's Literal Translation
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave 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,

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

New Living Translation
My child, listen when your father corrects you. Don't neglect your mother's instruction.

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.

NET Bible
Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

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

English Revised Version
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law 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 hearken unto them:

Proverbs 4:1
Hear, ye 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 mine ear to them that instructed me!

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

Proverbs 23:22
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy 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 hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Proverbs 1:5
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

Proverbs 1:9
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
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