SinaiProverbs 1:8
American Standard Version
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
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Proverbs 1:8 in other translations
My son, listen to your father’s instruction,
and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:
Proverbs 1:8 in context
- 6To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
- 7The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; But the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
- 8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
- 9For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.
- 10My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.