Proverbs 1:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:20 : 20 My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.
  • 1 Sam 2:25 : 25 If a man sins against a man, one may appeal to God on his behalf. But if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him then?” But Eli’s sons would not listen to their father. Indeed the LORD had decided to kill them.
  • Prov 2:1 : 1 Benefits of Seeking Wisdom My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands inside yourself,
  • Prov 4:1-4 : 1 Admonition to Follow Righteousness and Avoid Wickedness Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment. 2 Because I hereby give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching. 3 When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother, 4 he taught me, and he said to me:“Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.
  • Prov 5:1-2 : 1 Admonition to Avoid Seduction to Evil My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding, 2 in order to safeguard discretion, and that your lips may guard knowledge.
  • Prov 3:1 : 1 Exhortations to Seek Wisdom and Walk with the Lord My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
  • Prov 1:10 : 10 Admonition to Avoid Easy but Unjust Riches My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!
  • Prov 1:15 : 15 My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
  • Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail, 19 his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city. 20 They must declare to the elders of his city,“Our son is stubborn and rebellious and pays no attention to what we say– he is a glutton and drunkard.” 21 Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out wickedness from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.
  • Prov 7:1 : 1 Admonition to Avoid the Wiles of the Adulteress My child, devote yourself to my words and store up my commands inside yourself.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocks at a father and despises obeying a mother– the ravens of the valley will peck it out and the young vultures will eat it.
  • Prov 31:1 : 1 The Words of Lemuel The words of King Lemuel, an oracle that his mother taught him:
  • Matt 9:2 : 2 Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,“Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven.”
  • Matt 9:22 : 22 But when Jesus turned and saw her he said,“Have courage, daughter! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was healed from that hour.
  • 2 Tim 1:5 : 5 I recall your sincere faith that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure is 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%

    20My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

    21Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.

  • Prov 4:1-6
    6 verses
    84%

    1Admonition to Follow Righteousness and Avoid Wickedness Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

    2Because I hereby give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.

    3When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,

    4he taught me, and he said to me:“Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.

    5Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

    6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you.

  • Prov 3:1
    83%

    1Exhortations to Seek Wisdom and Walk with the Lord My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

  • Prov 23:22
    81%

    22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

  • Prov 1:7
    81%

    7Introduction to the Theme of the Book Fearing the LORD is the beginning of discernment, but fools have despised wisdom and moral instruction.

  • Prov 1:9-10
    2 verses
    81%

    9For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.

    10Admonition to Avoid Easy but Unjust Riches My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!

  • Prov 5:1
    80%

    1Admonition to Avoid Seduction to Evil My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding,

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    80%

    26The one who robs his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

    27If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1Benefits of Seeking Wisdom My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands inside yourself,

    2by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding,

  • Prov 7:1
    79%

    1Admonition to Avoid the Wiles of the Adulteress My child, devote yourself to my words and store up my commands inside yourself.

  • Prov 5:7
    79%

    7So now, children, listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak.

  • Prov 22:6
    79%

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

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    78%

    20My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings.

    21Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;

  • Prov 8:32-33
    2 verses
    78%

    32“So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

    33Listen to my instruction so that you may be wise, and do not neglect it.

  • Prov 4:10
    77%

    10Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many.

  • Prov 15:20
    77%

    20A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

  • Prov 23:26
    77%

    26Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;

  • Prov 10:1
    76%

    1The First Collection of Solomonic Proverbs The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.

  • Gen 27:8
    76%

    8Now then, my son, do exactly what I tell you!

  • Prov 1:15
    76%

    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

  • Prov 13:1
    76%

    1A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, but a scoffer has never listened to rebuke.

  • Prov 15:5
    76%

    5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

  • Prov 3:11
    75%

    11My child, do not despise discipline from the LORD, and do not loathe his rebuke.

  • Prov 3:21
    75%

    21My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.

  • Prov 29:15
    75%

    15A rod and reproof impart wisdom, but a child who is unrestrained brings shame to his mother.

  • Eph 6:4
    75%

    4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

  • Deut 21:18
    75%

    18If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,

  • Prov 23:12
    75%

    12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Deut 5:16
    74%

    16Honor your father and your mother just as the LORD your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he is about to give you.

  • Prov 23:19
    74%

    19Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

  • Prov 7:24
    74%

    24So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak.

  • Eph 6:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

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

    2“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,

  • Prov 27:11
    74%

    11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me.

  • Prov 17:6
    74%

    6Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

  • Prov 19:18
    73%

    18Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.

  • Exod 20:12
    73%

    12“Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the LORD your God is giving to you.

  • Prov 17:25
    73%

    25A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

  • Prov 30:11
    73%

    11There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.