Proverbs 6:20
My son, preserve the precepts of your father, and do not dismiss the law of your mother.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
In Context
19a deceitful witness bringing forth lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
21Bind them to your heart unceasingly, and encircle them around your throat.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18If a man produces a disobedient and reckless son, who will not listen to the orders of his father or mother, and, having been corrected, shows contempt for obedience:
Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to the discipline of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother,
Proverbs 5:5Her feet descend into death, and her steps reach even to Hell.
Proverbs 7:7and I see little ones. I consider a frenzied youth,
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation which curses their father, and which does not bless 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 →