Prov 1, 8 Hear, my son, your father's instruction

Proverbs

(Prov 1, 8) Hear, my son, your father's instruction

[8] Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and reject not your mother's teaching;

(CCC 2214) The divine fatherhood is the source of human fatherhood (Cf. Eph 3:14) this is the foundation of the honor owed to parents. The respect of children, whether minors or adults, for their father and mother (Cf. Prov 1:8; Tob 4:3-4) is nourished by the natural affection born of the bond uniting them. It is required by God's commandment (Cf. Ex 20:12).