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Proverbs 1:8

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

and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

Proverbs 1:8 BSB

Proverbs 1:8 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 6:20 (13 votes) and Proverbs 30:17 (9 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 28 to 2 Timothy 1.

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Which verses does Proverbs 1:8 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Proverbs 6:2013 votes

    My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

  2. Proverbs 30:179 votes

    As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

  3. Proverbs 5:1–26 votes

    My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight, that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.

  4. Proverbs 2:15 votes

    My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

  5. Proverbs 31:15 votes

    These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:

  6. 2 Timothy 1:55 votes

    I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.

  7. Leviticus 19:34 votes

    Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

  8. Deuteronomy 21:18–214 votes

    If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined, his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown, …

  9. Proverbs 1:104 votes

    My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.

  10. Proverbs 4:1–44 votes

    Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding. For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive. …

  11. Proverbs 1:153 votes

    my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.

  12. Proverbs 3:13 votes
  13. Proverbs 7:13 votes
  14. 1 Samuel 2:252 votes
  15. Matthew 9:20 votes
  16. Matthew 9:220 votes

Which verses point to Proverbs 1:8?

The 10 strongest of 20.