Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

General references

Bible References

Ye

Proverbs 1:8

My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not reject the teaching of your mother.
Proverbs 6:20

My son, be guided by your father’s [God-given] commandment (instruction)
And do not reject the teaching of your mother;
Psalm 34:11

Come, you children, listen to me;
I will teach you to fear the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worship Him with obedience].
1 Thessalonians 2:11
For you know how we were exhorting and encouraging and imploring each one of you just as a father does [in dealing with] his own children, [guiding you]

Attend

Proverbs 2:1
My son, if you will receive my words
And treasure my commandments within you,
Proverbs 5:1
My son, be attentive to my wisdom [godly wisdom learned by costly experience],
Incline your ear to my understanding;
Proverbs 7:4

Say to [skillful and godly] wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And regard understanding and intelligent insight as your intimate friends;
Proverbs 8:32

“Now therefore, O sons, listen to me,
For blessed [happy, prosperous, to be admired] are they who keep my ways.
Proverbs 19:20

Listen to counsel, receive instruction, and accept correction,
That you may be wise in the time to come.
Proverbs 22:17

Listen carefully and hear the words of the wise,
And apply your mind to my knowledge;
Hebrews 2:1
For this reason [that is, because of God’s final revelation in His Son Jesus and because of Jesus’ superiority to the angels] we must pay much closer attention than ever to the things that we have heard, so that we do not [in any way] drift away from truth.

General references

Jeremiah 35:8
We have obeyed the words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, in all our days we have never drunk wine, nor have our wives, our sons, or our daughters,
Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or exasperate your children [with demands that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by favoritism or indifference; treat them tenderly with lovingkindness], so they will not lose heart and become discouraged or unmotivated [with their spirits broken].