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Proverbs 1:8
8Listen, my child, when your father shows you what is right. And do not forget what your mother has taught you.
Proverbs 1:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
- New International Version (NIV)Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching,
- New King James Version (NKJV)My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother;
Context of Proverbs 1:8
6People will learn to understand what proverbs and picture stories mean. They will understand the teaching and clever messages of wise people. 7If you want to know how to live in a good way, you must first learn to respect the Lord with fear. Fools refuse to listen to wise teaching. Listen, my child, when your father shows you what is right. And do not forget what your mother has taught you. 9Their teaching will bring you honour, like a beautiful crown or a valuable necklace. 10My child, if sinners want you to join with them, do not agree!
Read all of Proverbs 1Proverbs 1:8 word by word
שְׁמַ֣ע בְּ֭נִי מוּסַ֣ר אָבִ֑יךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ תּוֹרַ֥ת אִמֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 1:8
- Proverbs 1:10My child, if sinners want you to join with them, do not agree!
- Proverbs 2:1My child, listen to my teaching. Think about my commands.
- Proverbs 3:1My child, do not forget what I teach you. Always think carefully about my commands.
- Proverbs 7:1My child, remember what I say. Keep my commands in your mind.
- Matthew 9:2Some men came to see Jesus there. They carried with them a man who could not walk or move his legs. He was lying on a mat. Jesus knew that they believed in him. He said to the man who could not walk, ‘Do not be afraid, my friend. I forgive you for the wrong things that you have done.’
- Proverbs 4:1My children, listen to what your father teaches you. Listen carefully so that you understand what is right.
- Proverbs 5:1My child, listen carefully to the wisdom that I teach you. I will teach you how to understand things well.
- Proverbs 6:20My child, obey your father's commands. Do not forget what your mother has taught you.
- Proverbs 30:17Punishment will come to anyone who insults his father, or who refuses to listen to his mother. Wild birds will pick out his eyes and vultures will eat his body.
- Proverbs 31:1These are the words that King Lemuel's mother said to him. It is an important message:
- Leviticus 19:3Each person must respect his mother and his father. All the people must keep the Sabbath as a day of rest. I am the Lord your God.
- Deuteronomy 21:18Perhaps a man has a son who refuses to obey his parents. They punish him to teach him what is right, but he refuses to listen to them.
- 1 Samuel 2:25If you do something bad to another person, God can speak on your behalf. But if you do something bad against the Lord, nobody can speak on your behalf.’ Eli's sons did not listen to their father. The Lord had already decided to kill them.
- 2 Timothy 1:5I remember how you really believe in Christ. Your grandmother, Lois, and your mother, Eunice, already believed in Christ before you did. Now I am sure that you yourself also really trust him.
Commentaries on Proverbs 1:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8My 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…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-9Verses 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.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8my son: Like other wisdom literature from the ancient Near East, much of Proverbs 1–9 contains a father's (and sometimes a mother's) advice to a son. Since the son is learning his father's job, much of the teaching is about the son's future work. Some translations (like The New Living Translation) often use the term child because the lessons apply to both sons and daughters.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. 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; Ep 6:2, 3).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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