Proverbs 1:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:20 : 20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:
  • 1 Sam 2:25 : 25 If one man does wrong to another, God will be his judge: but if a man's sin is against the Lord, who will take up his cause? But they gave no attention to the voice of their father, for it was the Lord's purpose to send destruction on them.
  • Prov 2:1 : 1 My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;
  • Prov 4:1-4 : 1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge: 2 For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me. 3 For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother. 4 And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:
  • Prov 5:1-2 : 1 My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching: 2 So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.
  • Prov 3:1 : 1 My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:
  • Prov 1:10 : 10 My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.
  • Prov 1:15 : 15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
  • Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment: 19 Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place; 20 And say to them, This son of ours is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, he will not give attention to us; he gives himself up to pleasure and strong drink. 21 Then he is to be stoned to death by all the men of the town: so you are to put away the evil from among you; and all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear.
  • Prov 7:1 : 1 My son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.
  • Prov 31:1 : 1 The words of Lemuel, king of Massa: the teaching which he had from his mother.
  • Matt 9:2 : 2 And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.
  • Matt 9:22 : 22 But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Daughter, take heart; your faith has made you well. And the woman was made well from that hour.
  • 2 Tim 1:5 : 5 Having in mind your true faith, which first was in your mother's mother Lois, and in your mother Eunice, and, I am certain, is now in you.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 6:20-21
    2 verses
    90%

    20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

    21 Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.

  • Prov 4:1-6
    6 verses
    84%

    1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

    2 For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.

    3 For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.

    4 And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:

    5 Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

    6 Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.

  • Prov 3:1
    83%

    1 My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

  • Prov 23:22
    81%

    22 Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

  • Prov 1:7
    81%

    7 The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

  • Prov 1:9-10
    2 verses
    81%

    9 For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.

    10 My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

  • Prov 5:1
    80%

    1 My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    80%

    26 He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

    27 A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1 My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

    2 So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

  • Prov 7:1
    79%

    1 My son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.

  • Prov 5:7
    79%

    7 Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.

  • Prov 22:6
    79%

    6 If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    78%

    20 My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.

    21 Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.

  • Prov 8:32-33
    2 verses
    78%

    32 Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.

    33 Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.

  • Prov 4:10
    77%

    10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

  • Prov 15:20
    77%

    20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

  • Prov 23:26
    77%

    26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

  • Prov 10:1
    76%

    1 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

  • Gen 27:8
    76%

    8 Now, my son, do what I say.

  • Prov 1:15
    76%

    15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • Prov 13:1
    76%

    1 A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

  • Prov 15:5
    76%

    5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

  • Prov 3:11
    75%

    11 My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

  • Prov 3:21
    75%

    21 My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

  • Prov 29:15
    75%

    15 The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.

  • Eph 6:4
    75%

    4 And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

  • Deut 21:18
    75%

    18 If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:

  • Prov 23:12
    75%

    12 Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Deut 5:16
    74%

    16 Give honour to your father and your mother, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God; so that your life may be long and all may be well for you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Prov 23:19
    74%

    19 Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

  • Prov 7:24
    74%

    24 So now, my sons, give ear to me; give attention to the sayings of my mouth;

  • Eph 6:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.

    2 Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),

  • Prov 27:11
    74%

    11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

  • Prov 17:6
    74%

    6 Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

  • Prov 19:18
    73%

    18 Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

  • Exod 20:12
    73%

    12 Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Prov 17:25
    73%

    25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

  • Prov 30:11
    73%

    11 There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.