Proverbs 6:20
Keep, O my son, the commandment of thy father, and reject not the teaching of thy mother:
Leeser Tanakh
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 that eagerly uttereth lies, and him that scattereth abroad discord among brethren.
21Bind them upon thy heart continually, tie them about thy throat.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, who hearkeneth not to the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and they chastise him, and he will not hearken unto them:
Proverbs 1:8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and cast not off the teaching of thy mother;
Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death, her steps take firm hold on the nether world:
Proverbs 7:7And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a lad void of sense;
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curseth its father, and doth not bless its 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 →