Proverbs 1:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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%

    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 4:1-6
    6 verses
    84%

    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.

  • Prov 3:1
    83%

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

  • Prov 23:22
    81%

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

  • Prov 1:7
    81%

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

  • Prov 1:9-10
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

  • Prov 5:1
    80%

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

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    80%

    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 2:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    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;

  • Prov 7:1
    79%

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

  • Prov 5:7
    79%

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

  • Prov 22:6
    79%

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

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    78%

    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 8:32-33
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

  • Prov 4:10
    77%

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

  • Prov 15:20
    77%

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

  • Prov 23:26
    77%

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

  • Prov 10:1
    76%

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

  • Gen 27:8
    76%

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

  • Prov 1:15
    76%

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

  • Prov 13:1
    76%

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

  • Prov 15:5
    76%

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

  • Prov 3:11
    75%

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

  • Prov 3:21
    75%

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

  • Prov 29:15
    75%

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

  • Eph 6:4
    75%

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

  • Deut 21:18
    75%

    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:

  • Prov 23:12
    75%

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

  • Deut 5:16
    74%

    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.

  • Prov 23:19
    74%

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

  • Prov 7:24
    74%

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

  • Eph 6:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    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;)

  • Prov 27:11
    74%

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

  • Prov 17:6
    74%

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

  • Prov 19:18
    73%

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

  • Exod 20:12
    73%

    12 ¶ Honour 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%

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

  • Prov 30:11
    73%

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