Proverbs 1:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:20 : 20 My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.
  • 1 Sam 2:25 : 25 If one man sinne against another, the Iudge shal iudge it: but if a man sinne against the Lord, who will pleade for him? Notwithstanding they obeyed not the voyce of their father, because the Lord would slay them.
  • Prov 2:1 : 1 My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,
  • Prov 4:1-4 : 1 Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding. 2 For I doe giue you a good doctrine: therefore forsake yee not my lawe. 3 For I was my fathers sonne, tender and deare in the sight of my mother, 4 When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue.
  • Prov 5:1-2 : 1 My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, & incline thine eare vnto my knowledge. 2 That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.
  • Prov 3:1 : 1 My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.
  • Prov 1:10 : 10 My sonne, if sinners doe intise thee, consent thou not.
  • Prov 1:15 : 15 My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them: refraine thy foote from their path.
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 Yee shall feare euery man his mother and his father, and shall keepe my Sabbaths: for I am the Lord your God.
  • Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, which wil not hearken vnto the voice of his father, nor the voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened him, and he would not obey them, 19 Then shall his father and his mother take him, & bring him out vnto the Elders of his citie, & vnto the gate of the place where he dwelleth, 20 And shall say vnto the Elders of his citie, This our sonne is stubburne and disobedient, and he wil not obey our admonition: he is a ryotour, and a drunkard. 21 Then all the men of his citie shall stone him with stones vnto death: so thou shalt take away euill from among you, that all Israel may heare it, and feare.
  • Prov 7:1 : 1 My sonne, keepe my wordes, & hide my commandements with thee.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocketh his father and despiseth the instruction of his mother, let ye rauens of the valley picke it out, and the yong eagles eate it.
  • Prov 31:1 : 1 The words of king Lemuel: The prophecie which his mother taught him.
  • Matt 9:2 : 2 And loe, they brought to him a ma sicke of the palsie, laid on a bed; Iesus seeing their faith, saide to the sicke of the palsie, Sonne, be of good comfort: thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.
  • Matt 9:22 : 22 Then Iesus turned him about, and seeing her, did say, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; the woman was made whole at that same moment.)
  • 2 Tim 1:5 : 5 When I call to remembrance the vnfained faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and am assured that it dwelleth in thee also.

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%

    20My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.

    21Binde them alway vpon thine heart, and tye them about thy necke.

  • Prov 4:1-6
    6 verses
    84%

    1Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.

    2For I doe giue you a good doctrine: therefore forsake yee not my lawe.

    3For I was my fathers sonne, tender and deare in the sight of my mother,

    4When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue.

    5Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.

    6Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.

  • Prov 3:1
    83%

    1My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.

  • Prov 23:22
    81%

    22Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.

  • Prov 1:7
    81%

    7The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.

  • Prov 1:9-10
    2 verses
    81%

    9For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.

    10My sonne, if sinners doe intise thee, consent thou not.

  • Prov 5:1
    80%

    1My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, & incline thine eare vnto my knowledge.

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    80%

    26He that destroyeth his father, or chaseth away his mother, is a lewde and shamefull childe.

    27My sonne, heare no more the instruction, that causeth to erre from ye words of knowledge.

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,

    2And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,

  • Prov 7:1
    79%

    1My sonne, keepe my wordes, & hide my commandements with thee.

  • Prov 5:7
    79%

    7Heare yee me nowe therefore, O children, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.

  • Prov 22:6
    79%

    6Teache a childe in the trade of his way, and when he is olde, he shall not depart from it.

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    78%

    20My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.

    21Let them not depart from thine eyes, but keepe them in the middes of thine heart.

  • Prov 8:32-33
    2 verses
    78%

    32Therefore nowe hearken, O children, vnto me: for blessed are they that keepe my wayes.

    33Heare instruction, and be ye wise, and refuse it not:

  • Prov 4:10
    77%

    10Heare, my sonne, & receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.

  • Prov 15:20
    77%

    20A wise sonne reioyceth the father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  • Prov 23:26
    77%

    26My sonne, giue mee thine heart, and let thine eyes delite in my wayes.

  • Prov 10:1
    76%

    1A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.

  • Gen 27:8
    76%

    8Nowe therefore, my sonne, heare my voyce in that which I command thee.

  • Prov 1:15
    76%

    15My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them: refraine thy foote from their path.

  • Prov 13:1
    76%

    1A wise sonne will obey the instruction of his father: but a scorner will heare no rebuke.

  • Prov 15:5
    76%

    5A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.

  • Prov 3:11
    75%

    11My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction.

  • Prov 3:21
    75%

    21My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.

  • Prov 29:15
    75%

    15The rodde and correction giue wisdome: but a childe set a libertie, maketh his mother ashamed.

  • Eph 6:4
    75%

    4And ye, fathers, prouoke not your children to wrath: but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lord.

  • Deut 21:18
    75%

    18If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, which wil not hearken vnto the voice of his father, nor the voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened him, and he would not obey them,

  • Prov 23:12
    75%

    12Apply thine heart to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes of knowledge.

  • Deut 5:16
    74%

    16Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath comanded thee, that thy dayes may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

  • Prov 23:19
    74%

    19O thou my sonne, heare, and bee wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

  • Prov 7:24
    74%

    24Heare me now therefore, O children, and hearken to the wordes of my mouth.

  • Eph 6:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

    2Honour thy father & mother (which is the first commandement with promes)

  • Prov 27:11
    74%

    11My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.

  • Prov 17:6
    74%

    6Childres children are the crowne of the elders: and the glory of ye children are their fathers.

  • Prov 19:18
    73%

    18Chasten thy sonne while there is hope, and let not thy soule spare for his murmuring.

  • Exod 20:12
    73%

    12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy dayes may be prolonged vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

  • Prov 17:25
    73%

    25A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.

  • Prov 30:11
    73%

    11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doeth not blesse their mother.