Holy BibleKing James Version

Proverbs 1:8 KJV

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

Proverbs 1:8, King James Version

In context

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

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

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

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Cross-references

  • Proverbs 6:20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
  • Proverbs 30:17 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.