Proverbs 1:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and reject not your mother's teaching;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

My son, hear the instruction of your father; reject not nor forsake the teaching of your mother.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction; don’t neglect your mother’s teaching;

Catholic Public Domain Version

Listen, my son, to the discipline of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Proverbs 1:8 Cross References

Proverbs 1:10

My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

Proverbs 1:15

my son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their paths;

Proverbs 2:1

My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you,

Proverbs 23:22

Hearken to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 3:1

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.

Proverbs 31:1

The words of Lemuel, king of Massa, which his mother taught him:

Proverbs 5:13

I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors.

Proverbs 6:20

My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.

Proverbs 7:1

My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;

Jeremiah 35:8

We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, ourselves, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,

Leviticus 19:3

Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Matthew 9:2

And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, lying on his bed; and when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.”

Matthew 9:22

Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, “Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And instantly the woman was made well.

2 Timothy 1:5

I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you.

Ruth 3:6

So she went down to the threshing floor and did just as her mother-in-law had told her.

1 Samuel 2:25

If a man sins against a man, God will mediate for him; but if a man sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father; for it was the will of the Lord to slay them.