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Proverbs 6:20
20My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
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:
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)My son, obey your father’s commands, and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
Context of Proverbs 6:20
18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, 19a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community. My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. 21Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck. 22When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
Read all of Proverbs 6Proverbs 6:20 word by word
נְצֹ֣ר בְּ֭נִי מִצְוַ֣ת אָבִ֑יךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ תּוֹרַ֥ת אִמֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 6:20
- Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
- Proverbs 7:1My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.
- Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
- Proverbs 30:11“There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers;
- Deuteronomy 21:18If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him,
- Deuteronomy 27:16“Cursed is anyone who dishonors their father or mother.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
- Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for 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
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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
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