Lexicon :: Strong's H1 - 'āḇ

My son, hear the instruction of your father,

And do not reject the teaching of your mother.

For those whom the LORD loves He corrects,

Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

Hear, O children, the instruction of a father,

And pay attention [and be willing to learn] so that you may gain understanding and intelligent discernment.

When I was a son with my father (David),

Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother (Bathsheba),

My son, be guided by your father’s [God-given] commandment (instruction)

And do not [fn]reject the teaching of your mother;

The proverbs of Solomon:

A wise son makes a father glad,

But a foolish [stubborn] son [who refuses to learn] is a grief to his mother.

A wise son heeds and accepts [and is the result of] his father’s discipline and instruction,

But a scoffer does not listen to reprimand and does not learn from his errors.

A [flippant, arrogant] fool rejects his father’s instruction and correction,

But he who [is willing to learn and] regards and keeps in mind a reprimand acquires good sense.

A wise son makes a father glad,

But a foolish man despises his mother.

Grandchildren are the crown of aged men,

And the glory of children is their fathers [who live godly lives].

He who becomes the parent of a fool [who is spiritually blind] does so to his sorrow,

And the father of a fool [who is spiritually blind] has no joy.

A foolish son is a grief and anguish to his father

And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.

A foolish (ungodly) son is destruction to his father,

And the contentions of a [quarrelsome] wife are like a constant dripping [of water].

He who assaults his father and chases away his mother

Is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

Whoever curses his father or his mother,

His lamp [of life] will be extinguished in time of darkness.

Do not move the ancient landmark [at the boundary of the property]

Which your fathers have set.

Listen to your father, who sired you,

And do not despise your mother when she is old.

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,

And he who sires a wise child will have joy in him.

Do not abandon your own friend and your father’s friend,

And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.

Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.

He who keeps the law [of God and man] is a wise and discerning son,

But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father [and himself].

He who robs his father or his mother

And says, “This is no sin,”

Is [not only a thief but also] the companion of a man who destroys.

A man who loves [skillful and godly] wisdom makes his father joyful,

But he who associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.

There is a generation (class of people) that curses its father

And does not bless its mother.

The eye that mocks a father

And scorns a mother,

The ravens of the valley will pick it out,

And the young vultures will devour it.