Proverbs 1:8-9 — The foundation for all that is set set down in the Book of Proverbs is “the fear of the Lord” – it is the source, the fountain-head of all moral knowledge. The first stone that is laid upon that foundation is what we might call “the fear of parents,” that is, being rightly related to our father and mother. Solomon says it very simply – “My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.”