Proverbs 1:8

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;

ASV

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

LSV

Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, || And do not leave the law of your mother,

YLT

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

DBY

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

DRC

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

GNV

My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.

JPS

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

LXXE

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and reject not the rules of thy mother.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

שְׁמַ֣ע בְּ֭נִי מוּסַ֣ר אָבִ֑יךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ תּוֹרַ֥ת אִמֶּֽךָ׃

LXX-Br

Ἄκουε υἱὲ παιδείαν πατρός σου, καὶ μὴ ἀπώσῃ θεσμοὺς μητρός σου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
• Proverbs 30:17As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
• Proverbs 5:1–2My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight, that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
• Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
• Proverbs 31:1These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:
• Proverbs 2:1My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
• 2 Timothy 1:5I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.
• Deuteronomy 21:18–21If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined, his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to…
• Proverbs 4:1–4Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding. For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive. When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother, he…
• Leviticus 19:3Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
• Proverbs 7:1My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
• Proverbs 1:15my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
• Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
• 1 Samuel 2:25If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.
• Matthew 9:2Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
• Matthew 9:22Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was cured from that very hour.

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