Proverbs 1:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 1:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

My son, hear the instruction of thy (g) father, and forsake not the law of thy (h) mother: (g) He speaks this in the Name of God, who is the universal Father of all creatures, or in the name of the...
Proverbs 1:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 1-9. First Section. The Praise of Wisdom. Proverbs 1:1 . Title, either of the whole book, or of this particular collection. The word for proverb, mâ shâ l, has a wide significance...
Proverbs 1:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

My son. See the Structure (p. 864) for the portions so addressed ( Proverbs 1:6 ; Proverbs 1:9 ; Proverbs 1:18 . Pro 19:20-34. Proverbs 27:1 , Pro 27:29, Proverbs 27:27 ; Proverbs 30:1 ; Prov...
Proverbs 1:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: My son, hear - Father was the title of preceptor, and son, that of disciple or scholar, among the Jews. But here the...
Proverbs 1:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

My son, hear, &c.— It is very observable, how much human laws differ from divine. The former generally provides only that due regard be given by children to their fathers, but takes no notice o...
Proverbs 1:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. Even bad parents generall...
Proverbs 1:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The chapter falls into three principal divisions. 1-6 . Title and Introduction explaining the object of the whole book, which is to instruct the inexperienced and add to the educated man's knowledg...
Proverbs 1:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

My son. — The address as of a master to his pupil. This phrase only occurs twice again in Proverbs, excepting in sections (2) and (4). Law. — Rather, teaching. (Comp. Proverbs 3:1 .)
Proverbs 1:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 2 THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge."- Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: And the knowledge of the Holy One is und...
Proverbs 1:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Beginning of Knowledge” Proverbs 1:1-19 Notice the perfect balance of each clause, and the duplication of the one thought in the two clauses of each verse. Wisdom as used in this book...
Proverbs 1:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The Book of Proverbs is one of the wisdom books of the Hebrew people. Emotionally and fundamentally, wisdom is the fear of God; intellectually, a knowledge of the manifestations of the divine wisdom;...
Proverbs 1:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. My son, if sinners entice thee, con...
Proverbs 1:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

My son, hear the instruction of thy father ,.... This is not to be understood of God the Father of mankind, and of that law which he has given them, as Jarchi and Gersom interpret it, but of Solomon...
Proverbs 1:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Ver. 8. Hear the instruction of thy father, &c. ] It is not fit to disobey God, thy father, nor thy teacher,...
Proverbs 1:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My son , &c. He speaks to his scholars with paternal authority and affection, to render them more attentive and obedient. Teachers among the Hebrews were commonly called fathers , and their sch...
Proverbs 1:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Parental Admonitions. 7 The fear of the L ORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruct...
Proverbs 1:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My son; he speaks to his scholars with paternal authority and affection, to make them more attentive and obedient. Teachers among the Hebrews and others were commonly called fathers, and their sc...
Proverbs 1:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Addressed To ‘My Son'. Those Who Seek To Walk In The Fear Of YHWH Will Listen To The Instruction Of Godly Authority ( Proverbs 1:8-9 ). Here in chapter 1 the appeal is a fairly short one, but the...
Proverbs 1:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 1:7 . Fools , derived from a word meaning to be gross and dull of understanding. Gesenius understands it to signify “one who turns away,” the “perverse.” MAIN HOMILETI...
Proverbs 1:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 1:7-9 Solomon grounds the fear of God, the basis of the whole religious life, upon the duty of obedience to parents. I. It is not mere children to whom he is speaking; he is addressing y...
Proverbs 1:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 1:1 . Proverbs, apothegms, parables, sentences, similitudes. The proverbs of a nation are the compressions of wisdom into short maxims, which like the coins of a country worn bare by use,...
Proverbs 1:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hear the instruction of thy father. The family The first and great commandment is the fear of God, and the second, which is next to it and like to it, is obedience to parents. Wherever the root...
Proverbs 1:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 1:1-20 Part I. THE TITLE AND SUPERSCRIPTION . The superscription of the Proverbs, which extends from verse 1 to verse 6, furnishes us with an epitome in short...
Proverbs 1:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Fundamental Trait of Wisdom is the Avoidance Of Wickedness
Proverbs 1:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 2:25 ; 2 Timothy 1:5 ; Deuteronomy 21:18-21 ; Leviticus 19:3 ; Matthew 9:2 ; Matthew 9:22 ; Proverbs 30:17 ; Proverbs 31:1 ; Proverbs 4:1-4 ; Proverbs 5:1 ; Proverbs 5:2 ; Prover...
Proverbs 1:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Proverbs of Solomon Proverbs 1:1-19 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Solomon's great choice. It was in Gibeon that the Lord appeared unto Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, "Ask what I shall...
Proverbs 1:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

My son — He speaks to his scholars with paternal authority and affection. Of thy mother — Those pious instructions, which thy mother instilled into thee in thy tender years.

Proverbs 1:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 1:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 1:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 1:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 1:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 1:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 1:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 1:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 1:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 1:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 1:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 1:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 1:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 1:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 1:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 1:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 1:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 1:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 1:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 1:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 1:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 1:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 1:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 1:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 1:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 1:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Proverbs 1:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes