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Proverbs 1:8

Shun Evil Counsel

8 fMy son, hear the instruction of your father,

And do not forsake the law of your mother;

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Proverbs 1:8 — The New International Version (NIV)

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction

and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

Proverbs 1:8 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction,

and forsake not your mother’s teaching,

Proverbs 1:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

My son, hear the instruction of thy father,

And forsake not the law of thy mother:

Proverbs 1:8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

My child, listen when your father corrects you.

Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.

Proverbs 1:8 — New Century Version (NCV)

My child, listen to your father’s teaching

and do not forget your mother’s advice.

Proverbs 1:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

My son, hear the instruction of thy father,

And forsake not the law of thy mother:

Proverbs 1:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Proverbs 1:8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

My son, 

listen to your father’s discipline, 

and do not neglect your mother’s teachings, 

Proverbs 1:8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,

and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,

Proverbs 1:8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Hear, my child, your father’s instruction,

and do not reject your mother’s teaching;

Proverbs 1:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

My child, may you keep your father’s instruction,

and do not reject your mother’s teachings,

Proverbs 1:8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

My son, listen to your father’s advice.

Don’t turn away from your mother’s teaching.

Proverbs 1:8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction

And do not forsake your mother’s teaching;


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