Proverbs 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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- Prov 6:20 : 20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
- 1 Sam 2:25 : 25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.
- Prov 2:1 : 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
- Prov 4:1-4 : 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
- Prov 5:1-2 : 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
- Prov 3:1 : 1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
- Prov 1:10 : 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
- Prov 1:15 : 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
- Lev 19:3 : 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
- Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
- Prov 7:1 : 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
- Prov 30:17 : 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.
- Prov 31:1 : 1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
- Matt 9:2 : 2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
- Matt 9:22 : 22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
- 2 Tim 1:5 : 5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Prov 6:20-212 verses90%
20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
- Prov 4:1-66 verses84%
1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
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1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
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22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
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7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Prov 1:9-102 verses81%
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
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1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
- Prov 19:26-272 verses80%
26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
- Prov 2:1-22 verses80%
1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
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1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
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7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
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6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
- Prov 4:20-212 verses78%
20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
- Prov 8:32-332 verses78%
32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
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10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
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20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
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26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
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1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
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8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
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15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
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1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
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5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
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11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
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21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
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15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
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4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
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18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
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12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
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16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
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24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
- Eph 6:1-22 verses74%
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
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11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
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6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
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18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
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12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.