Jeremiah 35:8
Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
King James Version
In Context
9Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
Cross References
Proverbs 4:1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Colossians 3:20Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 35:2-12
The Case of the Rechabites. ( b. c. 607.) 1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 2 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the Lord , into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. 3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; 4 And I brought them into the house of the Lord , into the… Read the whole commentary →