Proverbs 1:8

Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom

8

Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men

8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

Proverbs 1:8 in Other Translations

KJV
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
ESV
8 Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching,
NLT
8 My child, listen when your father corrects you. Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
MSG
8 Pay close attention, friend, to what your father tells you; never forget what you learned at your mother's knee.
CSB
8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and don't reject your mother's teaching,

Proverbs 1:8 In-Context

6 for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
9 They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
10 My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them.

Cross References 3

  • 1. ver 8-9; Proverbs 2:1; Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 4:1; Proverbs 5:1; Proverbs 6:1; Proverbs 7:1; Proverbs 19:27; Proverbs 22:17; Proverbs 23:26-28
  • 2. Jeremiah 35:8
  • 3. S Deuteronomy 21:18; Proverbs 6:20
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