Proverbs 6:20
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
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 be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Read in contextProverbs 7:1–4
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Read in contextProverbs 1:8–9
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Read in contextProverbs 23:22
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Read in contextProverbs 30:11
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 21:18
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
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