Proverbs 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
KJV
Audi, fili mi, disciplinam patris tui, et ne dimittas legem matris tuæ :
Vulgate
ἄκουε, υἱέ, παιδείαν πατρός σου, καὶ μὴ ἀπώσῃ θεσμοὺς μητρός σου·
LXX
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
ASV
שְׁמַ֣ע בְּ֭נִ/י מוּסַ֣ר אָבִ֑י/ךָ וְ/אַל תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ תּוֹרַ֥ת אִמֶּֽ/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
י
y
noun · 221×
מוּסָ֑ר
mvsr
noun · 50×
נוּ
nv
verb · 39×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2214The divine fatherhood is the source of human fatherhood;16 this is the foundation of the honor owed to parents. the respect of children, whether minors or adults, for their father and mother17 is nourished by the natural affection born of the bond uniting them. It is required by God's commandment.18
Q. What is God's will for you in the fifth commandment? A. That I honor, love, and be loyal to my father and mother and all those in authority over me; that I obey and submit to them, as is proper, when they correct and punish me; and also that I be patient with their failings — for through them God chooses to rule us.
Cross-references
- 2Tim 1:5 — When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
- Deut 4:9 — Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons,
- Deut 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:
- Eph 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
- Exod 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Gen 28:7 — And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
- Jer 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;
- Lev 19:3 — Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
- Lev 19:3 — Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
- Prov 1:10 — My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
- Prov 1:15 — My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
- Prov 2:1 — My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
- Prov 3:1 — My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
- Prov 3:1 — My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
- Prov 4:1 — Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
- Prov 4:1 — Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
- Prov 5:1 — My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
- Prov 6:20 — My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
- Prov 6:20 — My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
- Prov 7:1 — My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
- Prov 7:1 — My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
- Prov 8:33 — Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
- Prov 19:20 — Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
- Prov 23:22 — Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
- Prov 25:12 — As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
- Prov 30:17 — The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
- Prov 31:1 — The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
- Prov 31:1 — The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
- Ruth 3:6 — And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.