Proverbs 6:20

Proverbs 6:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
• New International Version (NIV)My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My son, keep your father’s command, And do not forsake the law of your mother.

Context of Proverbs 6:20

18a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet eager to run to evil, 19a lying witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up trouble among brothers. My son, keep your father’s command, and don’t reject your mother’s teaching. 21Always bind them to your heart; tie them around your neck. 22When you walk here and there, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.

Proverbs 6:20 word by word

נְצֹ֣ר בְּ֭נִי מִצְוַ֣ת אָבִ֑יךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ תּוֹרַ֥ת אִמֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• keepנָצַרnâtsar · to watchH5341
• thy father’sאָב'âb · fatherH1
• commandmentמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
• and forsakeנָטַשׁnâţash · to leaveH5203
• not the lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
• of thy motherאֵם'êm · motherH517

Cross-references for Proverbs 6:20

• Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,
• Proverbs 7:1My son, obey my words, and treasure my commands.
• Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
• Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.
• Deuteronomy 21:18“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother and doesn’t listen to them even after they discipline him,
• Deuteronomy 27:16‘The one who dishonors his father or mother is cursed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
• Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, because this is right.

Commentaries on Proverbs 6:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Keep thy father's commandment - See on Proverbs 1:8; (note).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-35Verses 20-35 The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own nature, of what evil consequence it is, and how certainly it destroys the spiritual life in the soul, we shall not wonder that the cautions against it are so often repeated. Let us notice the subjects of this chapter. Let us remember Him who willingly…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-35This passage highlights the serious danger of having a relationship with another man's wife (see also Proverbs 1:8, 23; 2:16–22; 5:1–23; 7:1–27).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2320-23. (Compare Pr 1:8; 3:3, &c.).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 6:20

• Children
• Commandments
• Mother
• Word of God
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Proverbs 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings