Proverbs 1:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Proverbs 1:8 —

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Cross-References

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Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 30:17
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.
Proverbs 5:1-2
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: …
Proverbs 2:1
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Proverbs 31:1
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-9)

Solomon, having undertaken to teach a young man knowledge and discretion, here lays down two general rules to be observed in order thereunto, and those are, to fear God and honour his parents, which two fundamental laws of morality Pythagoras begins his golden verses with, but the former of them in a wretchedly corrupted state. Primum, deos immortales cole, parentesque honora—First worship the imm…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

8. My son--This paternal form denotes a tender regard for the reader. Filial sentiments rank next to piety towards God, and ensure most distinguished rewards (compare Pr 6:20; Ep 6:2, 3).