Proverbs 1:8 (BSB)

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

From Proverbs 1. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 1:8

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 1:7-9: Solomon, having undertaken to teach a young man knowledge and discretion, here lays down two general rules to be observed in order thereunto, and those are, to fear God and honour his parents, which two fundamental laws of morality Pythagoras begins his golden verses with, but the former of them in a wretchedly corrupted state.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 1:8: My son, hear the instruction of thy father,.... 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...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 1:8: My son--This paternal form denotes a tender regard for the reader. Filial sentiments rank next to piety towards God, and ensure most distinguished rewards (compare Pro 6:20; Eph 6:2-3).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 1:8: My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: (g) He speaks this in the Name of God, who is the universal Father of all creatures, or in the name of the pastor of the Church, who is as a father. (h) That is, of the Church, in which the faithful are begotten by the incorruptible seed of God's word.