Proverbs 1:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother: More versionsKing 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: |
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
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.
Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven.
But Jesus turning and seeing her said, Daughter, be of good cheer; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.
And she went down unto the threshing-floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
If one man sin against another, God shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.