Proverbs 1:8-9
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Proverbs 1
2 songs meet this passage
“Don't take your guns to town son”
Don't Take Your Guns to Town · Johnny Cash
resonates with Proverbs 1:8-9
The mother's repeated instruction embodies the wisdom of a parent's counsel, which the son tragically disregards.
“I know I'm grown so I do not need y'all”
Dark Queen · Lil Uzi Vert
strains against Proverbs 1:8-9
Scripture calls grown children to keep listening to parental wisdom, while this line asserts independence from it even while loving his mother.
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