New Living Translation
Proverbs 1:8
8My child, listen when your father corrects you. Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
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
6by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables, the words of the wise and their riddles. 7Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. My child, listen when your father corrects you. Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction. 9What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a chain of honor around your neck. 10My child, if sinners entice you, turn your back on them!
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 entice you, turn your back on them!
- Proverbs 2:1My child, listen to what I say, and treasure my commands.
- Proverbs 3:1My child, never forget the things I have taught you. Store my commands in your heart.
- Proverbs 7:1Follow my advice, my son; always treasure my commands.
- Matthew 9:2Some people brought to him a paralyzed man on a mat. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Be encouraged, my child! Your sins are forgiven.”
- Proverbs 4:1My children, listen when your father corrects you. Pay attention and learn good judgment,
- Proverbs 5:1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen carefully to my wise counsel.
- Proverbs 6:20My son, obey your father’s commands, and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
- Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocks a father and despises a mother’s instructions will be plucked out by ravens of the valley and eaten by vultures.
- Proverbs 31:1The sayings of King Lemuel contain this message, which his mother taught him.
- Leviticus 19:3“Each of you must show great respect for your mother and father, and you must always observe my Sabbath days of rest. I am the Lord your God.
- Deuteronomy 21:18“Suppose a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or mother, even though they discipline him.
- 1 Samuel 2:25If someone sins against another person, God can mediate for the guilty party. But if someone sins against the Lord, who can intercede?” But Eli’s sons wouldn’t listen to their father, for the Lord was already planning to put them to death.
- 2 Timothy 1:5I remember your genuine faith, for you share the faith that first filled your grandmother Lois and your mother, Eunice. And I know that same faith continues strong in you.
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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