Proverbs 1:8
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New International Version (©1984)
Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

New Living Translation (©2007)
My child, listen when your father corrects you. Don't neglect your mother's instruction.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Hear, my son, your father's instruction And do not forsake your mother's teaching;

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
My son, listen to your father's discipline, and do not neglect your mother's teachings,

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

American King James Version
My son, hear the instruction of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother:

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

Bible in Basic English
My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your 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;

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

Webster's Bible Translation
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

World English Bible
My son, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake your mother's teaching:

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

Geneva Study Bible

My son, hear the instruction of thy {g} father, and forsake not the law of thy {h} mother:

(g) He speaks this in the Name of God, who is the universal Father of all creatures, or in the name of the pastor of the Church, who is as a father.

(h) That is, of the Church, in which the faithful are begotten by the incorruptible seed of God's word.

Wesley's Notes

1:8 My son - He speaks to his scholars with paternal authority and affection. Of thy mother - Those pious instructions, which thy mother instilled into thee in thy tender years.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

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).

Matthew Henry's Concise 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.


Proverbs 4:1 Hear, O sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention that you may gain understanding,
Proverbs 6:20 My son, observe the commandment of your father And do not forsake the teaching of your mother; (NASB ©1995)

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

my son 1:10,15 2:1 3:1 7:1 Mt 9:2,22

hear 4:1-4 5:1,2 6:20 30:17 31:1 Le 19:3 De 21:18-21 1Sa 2:25 2Ti 1:5

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