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Proverbs 1:8
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Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,
My son, listen to your father's instruction, And don't forsake your mother's teaching:
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching,
My child, listen to your father's teaching and do not forget your mother's advice.
Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.
My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not reject the teaching of your mother.
Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, And do not ignore your mother's teaching;
My son, listen to your father's instruction, And don't forsake your mother's teaching:
My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.
Hear, my son, your father's disciplineAnd do not abandon your mother's instruction;
Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
My child, obey the teachings of your parents,
My son, heed the discipline of your father, and do not abandon the teaching of your mother;
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
Hear, my son, the ordinance of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother;
My child, pay attention to what your father and mother tell you.
My child, may you keep your father's instruction, and do not reject your mother's teachings,
My son, hear your father's instruction, and do not forsake the law of your mother;
My sonne, heare thy fathers doctryne, and forsake not the lawe of yi mother:
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
My sonne, heare the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
My sonne, heare thy fathers doctrine, & forsake not the lawe of thy mother:
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and reject not the rules of thy mother.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
My sone, here thou the teching of thi fadir, and forsake thou not the lawe of thi modir;
My son, hear the instruction of your father, And don't forsake the law of your mother:
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother;
My child, listen when your father corrects you. Don't neglect your mother's instruction.
Hear your father's teaching, my son, and do not turn away from your mother's teaching.
Hear, my child, your father's instruction, and do not reject your mother's teaching;
Hear, my son, the correction of thy father, and do not reject the instruction of thy mother;
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and reject not your mother's teaching;
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,
Pay close attention, friend, to what your father tells you; never forget what you learned at your mother's knee. Wear their counsel like flowers in your hair, like rings on your fingers. Dear friend, if bad companions tempt you, don't go along with them. If they say—"Let's go out and raise some hell. Let's beat up some old man, mug some old woman. Let's pick them clean and get them ready for their funerals. We'll load up on top-quality loot. We'll haul it home by the truckload. Join us for the time of your life! With us, it's share and share alike!"— Oh, friend, don't give them a second look; don't listen to them for a minute. They're racing to a very bad end, hurrying to ruin everything they lay hands on. Nobody robs a bank with everyone watching, Yet that's what these people are doing— they're doing themselves in. When you grab all you can get, that's what happens: the more you get, the less you are.
Hear, my son, your father's instruction And do not forsake your mother's teaching;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
My son: Proverbs 1:10, Proverbs 1:15, Proverbs 2:1, Proverbs 3:1, Proverbs 7:1, Matthew 9:2, Matthew 9:22
hear: Proverbs 4:1-4, Proverbs 5:1, Proverbs 5:2, Proverbs 6:20, Proverbs 30:17, Proverbs 31:1, Leviticus 19:3, Deuteronomy 21:18-21, 1 Samuel 2:25, 2 Timothy 1:5
Reciprocal: Genesis 28:7 - General Genesis 49:2 - hearken Exodus 20:12 - Honour Deuteronomy 4:9 - teach them Ruth 3:6 - and did Proverbs 8:33 - Hear Proverbs 19:20 - receive Proverbs 23:22 - Hearken Proverbs 25:12 - a wise Jeremiah 35:8 - General Ephesians 6:1 - obey
Cross-References
God named the light "day," and he named the darkness "night." There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the first day.
God named the dry land "earth," and he named the water that was gathered together "seas." And God saw that this was good.
There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the third day.
There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the fourth day.
There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the fifth day.
God looked at everything he had made. And he saw that everything was very good. There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the sixth day.
He created them male and female. And on the same day he made them, he blessed them and called them "humans."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My son, hear the instruction of thy father,.... This is not to be understood of God the Father of mankind, and of that law which he has given them, as Jarchi and Gersom interpret it, but of Solomon and his son in a literal sense; and of anyone that came to him for instruction, any pupil, hearer, or reader of his; and it is a direction to all children to hearken to the instruction of their parents, and obey their commands; so, next to the fear and worship of God, he exhorts to obedience to parents, and proceeds just in the same order and method in which the decalogue or ten commands were written; the first table respects God and his worship, and the second follows, which begins with "honour thy father and thy mother", c. Exodus 20:12, which, the apostle says, is "the first commandment with promise", Ephesians 6:1
and forsake not the law of thy mother; meaning not the congregation of Israel, the old synagogue, or Jewish church, as Jarchi; and so in the Talmud p it is interpreted of the congregation of Israel, as is "thy father" in the former clause of the divine Being; nor the operative faculty of the human understanding, as Gersom; but the mother of Solomon's son; and any and every mother of a child, who having an equal or greater tenderness for her offspring, and a true and hearty regard for their welfare, will instruct them in the best manner she can, give the best rules, and prescribe the best laws she can for their good; and which ought to be as carefully attended to and obeyed as those of a father; and she is particularly mentioned, because the law of God equally enjoins reverence and obedience to both parents, which human laws among the Gentiles did not; and because children are too apt to slight the directions and instructions of a mother; whereas they carry equal authority, and have in them the nature of a law, as those of a father.
p T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 102. 1.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 1:8. My son, hear — Father was the title of preceptor, and son, that of disciple or scholar, among the Jews. But here the reference appears to be to the children of a family; the father and the mother have the principal charge, in the first instance, of their children's instruction. It is supposed that these parents have, themselves, the fear of the Lord, and that they are capable of giving the best counsel to their children, and that they set before them a strict example of all godly living. In vain do parents give good advice if their own conduct be not consistent. The father occasionally gives instruction; but he is not always in the family, many of those occupations which are necessary for the family support being carried on abroad. The mother - she is constantly within doors, and to her the regulation of the family belongs; therefore she has and gives laws. The wise man says in effect to every child, "Be obedient to thy mother within, and carefully attend to the instructions of thy father, that thou mayest the better see the reasons of obedience; and learn from him how thou art to get thy bread honestly in the world."
