Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
In Context
19A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.
21Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:
Proverbs 1:8My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:
Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death, and her steps to the underworld;
Proverbs 7:7I saw among the young men one without sense,
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:13-20
The Seven Abominations. 12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. 13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. 15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. 16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that… Read the whole commentary →