Proverbs 6:20
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
19 a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
21 Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
- KJV
- My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
- WEB
- My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
- ASV
- My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
- DARBY
- My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
- BLB
- Keep, my son, the command of your father, and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.
- ÅB
- Bevar, min sønn, din fars bud og forlat ikke din mors lære!
- OTB
- Min sønn, hold din fars bud, og forlat ikke din mors lære.
- B1930
- Bevar, min sønn, din fars bud og forlat ikke din mors lære!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 27:16
‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read in contextProverbs 7:1–4
My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
Read in contextProverbs 1:8–9
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
Read in contextProverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Read in contextProverbs 30:11
There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 21:18
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
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