...to hearken, and carefully to observe such instructions. The word of God is express on this head, ' My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.'* Nor do I understand that, in any advanced age of children, either they or the parents are...

...xv. 4. ' Honour thy father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise,' Eph. vi. 2. ' My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother,' Prov. i. 8. ' Hear ye children the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding...

...disobedience more fully set forth. A few examples may serve as a specimen : Proverbs i, 8, 9. " My son, keep the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. They shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head (that is, a graceful ornament), and chains...

...Lord.—[Colossians, 3 : 20.] and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.— [Leviticus, 19: 3.] My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and for-sake not the law of thy mother. For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. My son, if...

...— [Colossians, 3 : 20.] 191 and keep my sabbaths : I am the Lord your God. — [Leviticus, 19: 8.] My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. My son, if...

...down; let his praise be on our lips, when we awake. THE WISE MAN'S ADVICE TO HIS SOIS My son, says he, hear the instruction of thy father and forsake not the law of thy mother, for they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and a chain about thy neck; children's...

...of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; but fools despise wisdom and instruction. My son, liear the instruction of thy Father, and forsake not the law of thy Mother'" : " bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest,...

...5 1 Tim. v. 8. 6 Dent. xxi. 16, 17. ' Prov. xiii. 22. * Eph. vi. 1. Col. iii. 20. 9 Eph. vi. 2, 3. 1 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. Ye shall fear, every man, his mother, and his father. * Whoso curseth his father or his mother,...

...he die. Deut. xxi. IS — 21. Cursed be he that setteth light by father or mother. Deut xxvii. 16. My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. Prov. i. 8, 9 ; vi. 20. A fool despiseth his father's instruction. Prov. xv. 5. Whoso curseth...

...mother." Deut. 27, 16. " Cursed is he that setteth light by his father or his mother." Prov. 1, 18. " My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother." Colos. 3, 20. "Children obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing in the...