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Proverbs 1

Prov. 1:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
, hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
the instruction
muwcar (Hebrew #4148)
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
KJV usage: bond, chastening ((-eth)), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
Pronounce: moo-sawr'
Origin: from 3256
of thy father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
, and forsake
natash (Hebrew #5203)
properly, to pound, i.e. smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusively, reject, let alone, permit, remit, etc.)
KJV usage: cast off, drawn, let fall, forsake, join (battle), leave (off), lie still, loose, spread (self) abroad, stretch out, suffer.
Pronounce: naw-tash'
Origin: a primitive root
not the law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
of thy mother
'em (Hebrew #517)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like 1)
KJV usage: dam, mother, X parting.
Pronounce: ame
Origin: a primitive word
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Ministry on This Verse

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My son.
Prov. 1:10,15• 10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
 15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: (Prov. 1:10,15)
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Prov. 2:1• 1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; (Prov. 2:1)
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Prov. 3:1• 1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: (Prov. 3:1)
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Prov. 7:1• 1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. (Prov. 7:1)
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Matt. 9:2,22• 2And, 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.
 22But 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. (Matt. 9:2,22)
hear.
Prov. 4:1‑4• 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. (Prov. 4:1‑4)
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Prov. 5:1‑2• 1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
 2That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. (Prov. 5:1‑2)
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Prov. 6:20• 20My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: (Prov. 6:20)
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Prov. 30:17• 17The 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. 30:17)
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Prov. 31:1• 1The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. (Prov. 31:1)
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Lev. 19:3• 3Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. (Lev. 19:3)
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Deut. 21:18‑21• 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:
 19Then 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;
 20And 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.
 21And 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. (Deut. 21:18‑21)
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1 Sam. 2:25• 25If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them. (1 Sam. 2:25)
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2 Tim. 1:5• 5When 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. (2 Tim. 1:5)
• In the first 7 chapters we find twelve discourses between a father and a mother and their son; each begins with “My son.” As we move through them, we will find a progression in the maturity of the subjects addressed and in the age of the son. (“Proverbs” by N. Simon)
• First Discourse 1:8 — Filial Obedience (“Proverbs” by N. Simon)
• Throughout the Bible obedience to parents is coupled with subjection to God....“Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee” is the last of the first series. It is the recognition of Divine authority and the subject place belonging to the creature. (“Bible Questions for December”)
• Disobedience to parents the apostle classes among the evidences of the last-day apostasy (2 Tim. 3:1-5). It is the crying sin of the present lawless times, and presages the awful hour of doom soon to strike. The Scriptural “Children, obey your parents” has almost universally been superseded by “Parents, obey your children.” It is a sowing of the wind. The whirlwind will yet have to be reaped. (“Bible Questions for December”)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teachingq of thy mother;

JND Translation Notes

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Or "law," and so chs. 3.1; 6.20; 7.2; 13.14.