Proverbs 1:8

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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)

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 son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

    21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

  • Prov 4:1-6
    6 verses
    84%

    1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

    2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

    3For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

    4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

    5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

    6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

  • Prov 3:1
    83%

    1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

  • Prov 23:22
    81%

    22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

  • Prov 1:7
    81%

    7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

  • Prov 1:9-10
    2 verses
    81%

    9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

    10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

  • Prov 5:1
    80%

    1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    80%

    26He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

    27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

    2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

  • Prov 7:1
    79%

    1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

  • Prov 5:7
    79%

    7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 22:6
    79%

    6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    78%

    20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

    21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

  • Prov 8:32-33
    2 verses
    78%

    32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

    33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

  • Prov 4:10
    77%

    10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

  • Prov 15:20
    77%

    20A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  • Prov 23:26
    77%

    26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

  • Prov 10:1
    76%

    1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  • Gen 27:8
    76%

    8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

  • Prov 1:15
    76%

    15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

  • Prov 13:1
    76%

    1A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

  • Prov 15:5
    76%

    5A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 3:11
    75%

    11My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

  • Prov 3:21
    75%

    21My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

  • Prov 29:15
    75%

    15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

  • Eph 6:4
    75%

    4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

  • Deut 21:18
    75%

    18If 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:

  • Prov 23:12
    75%

    12Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Deut 5:16
    74%

    16Honour 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.

  • Prov 23:19
    74%

    19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

  • Prov 7:24
    74%

    24Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

  • Eph 6:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

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

    2Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

  • Prov 27:11
    74%

    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

  • Prov 17:6
    74%

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

  • Prov 19:18
    73%

    18Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

  • Exod 20:12
    73%

    12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

  • Prov 17:25
    73%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Prov 30:11
    73%

    11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.