Proverbs 1:8
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
In context
5 let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance— 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.
11 If they say, “Come along with us; let’s lie in wait for innocent blood, let’s ambush some harmless soul;
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 1:8 in the KJV
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 1:8 in the ESV
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching,