Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
KJV
Conserva, fili mi, præcepta patris tui, et ne dimittas legem matris tuæ.
Vulgate
Υἱέ, φύλασσε νόμους πατρός σου, καὶ μὴ ἀπώσῃ θεσμοὺς μητρός σου·
LXX
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
ASV
נְצֹ֣ר בְּ֭נִ/י מִצְוַ֣ת אָבִ֑י/ךָ וְ/אַל תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ תּוֹרַ֥ת אִמֶּֽ/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
ו
v
noun · 183×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
י
y
noun · 221×
נִי
ny
verb · 63×
נוּ
nv
verb · 39×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2216Filial respect is shown by true docility and obedience. "My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.... When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you."20 "A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke."21
Cross-references
- 1Cor 15:2 — By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
- Col 3:20 — Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
- Deut 11:18 — Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
- Deut 27:16 — Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Eph 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
- Eph 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
- Exod 13:9 — And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
- Gen 18:19 — For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he h
- Jer 35:8 — Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
- Lev 19:3 — Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
- Prov 1:8 — My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
- Prov 1:8 — My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
- Prov 1:9 — For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
- Prov 4:20 — My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
- Prov 7:1 — My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
- Prov 23:22 — Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
- Prov 23:22 — Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
- Prov 31:1 — The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
- Ps 119:9 — Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
- Ps 119:24 — Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.