Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep your father’s mitzvah ·instruction·, 2 and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching. 1
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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 utters lies, 2 and he who sows discord among brothers. 1
21Bind them continually on your heart. 2 Tie them around your neck. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18+ 21:18. Deut 21:18, 21:20 (Deut 21:18-21; Gen 9:4-6) (#5.376): Not to be a stubborn and rebellious son T. Example: Stubborn and refusing admonition and discipline from his parents. Not to eat and drink like a glutton and a drunkard. A child living a wild and unrestrained life. R. Note: The punishment is stoning to death, yet Judaism does not have any record of this consequence being administered If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not sh'ma ·hear obey· the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them;
Proverbs 1:8My son, sh'ma ·hear obey· your father’s instruction, 2 and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: 1
Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death. 2 Her steps lead straight to Sheol ·Place of the dead·. 1
Proverbs 7:7I saw among the simple ones. 2 I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding, 1
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curses their father, 2 and does not bless their mother. 1
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 →