Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Majority Standard Bible
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 gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
21Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
Proverbs 7:7I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
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 →