Proverbs 6:20
Keep, my son, the command of your father, || And do not leave the law of your mother.
Literal Standard Version
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 [who] breathes out lies, || And one sending forth contentions between brothers.
21Bind them on your heart continually, || Tie them on your neck.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18When a man has a son apostatizing and being rebellious—he is not listening to the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother, and they have disciplined him, and he does not listen to them—
Proverbs 1:8Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, || And do not leave the law of your mother,
Proverbs 5:5Her feet are going down to death, || Her steps take hold of Sheol.
Proverbs 7:7And I see among the simple ones, || I discern among the sons, || A young man lacking understanding,
Proverbs 30:11A generation lightly esteems their father, || And 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 →