Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep your father's commandment,and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
New Heart English 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 utters lies,and he who sows discord among brothers.
21Bind them continually on your heart.Tie them around your neck.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not 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, listen to your father's instruction,and do not forsake your mother's teaching:
Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death.Her steps lead straight to Sheol.
Proverbs 7:7I saw among the simple ones.I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curses their father,and doesn't 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 →