SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:8
Oye, hijo mío, el castigo de tu padre, y no deseches la ley de tu madre;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 1:8
Verse 8. My son, hear ] Father was the title of preceptor, and son, that of disciple or scholar, among the Jews. But here the reference appears to be to the children of a family; the father and the mother have the principal charge, in the first instance, of their children's instruction. It is supposed that these parents have, themselves, the fear of the Lord, and that they are capable of giving the best counsel to their children, and that they set before them a strict example of all godly living. In vain do parents give good advice if their own conduct be not consistent. The father occasionally gives instruction; but he is not always in the family, many of those occupations which are necessary for the family support being carried on abroad. The mother-she is constantly within doors, and to her the regulation of the family belongs; therefore she has and gives laws. The wise man says in effect to every child, "Be obedient to thy mother within, and carefully attend to the instructions of thy father, that thou mayest the better see the reasons of obedience; and learn from him how thou art to get thy bread honestly in the world."
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 8. My son, hear the instruction of thy father , etc.] 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 and his son in a literal sense; and of anyone that came to him for instruction, any pupil, hearer, or reader of his; and it is a direction to all children to hearken to the instruction of their parents, and obey their commands; so, next to the fear and worship of God, he exhorts to obedience to parents, and proceeds just in the same order and method in which the decalogue or ten commands were written; the first table respects God and his worship, and the second follows, which begins with “honour thy father and thy mother”, etc. ( Exodus 20:12), which, the apostle says, is “the first commandment with promise”, ( Ephesians 6:1,2); and forsake not the law of thy mother ; meaning not the congregation of Israel, the old synagogue, or Jewish church, as Jarchi; and so in the Talmud it is interpreted of the congregation of Israel, as is “thy father” in the former clause of the divine Being; nor the operative faculty of the human understanding, as Gersom; but the mother of Solomon’s son; and any and every mother of a child, who having an equal or greater tenderness for her offspring, and a true and hearty regard for their welfare, will instruct them in the best manner she can, give the best rules, and prescribe the best laws she can for their good; and which ought to be as carefully attended to and obeyed as those of a father; and she is particularly mentioned, because the law of God equally enjoins reverence and obedience to both parents, which human laws among the Gentiles did not; and because children are too apt to slight the directions and instructions of a mother; whereas they carry equal authority, and have in them the nature of a law, as those of a father.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 7-9 - Fools are persons who have no true wisdom, who follow their ow devices, without regard to reason, or reverence for God. Children ar reasonable creatures, and when we tell them what they must do, we mus tell them why. But they are corrupt and wilful, therefore with the instruction there is need of a law. Let Divine truths and commands be to us most honourable; let us value them, and then they shall be so to us.
Original Hebrew
שׁמע 8085 בני 1121 מוסר 4148 אביך 1 ואל 408 תטשׁ 5203 תורת 8451 אמך׃ 517
