Proverbs 6:20

In 11 translations

BSB

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

KJV

¶ My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

WEB

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

ASV

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

LSV

Keep, my son, the command of your father, || And do not leave the law of your mother.

YLT

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

DBY

My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

DRC

My son, beep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

GNV

My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.

JPS

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

LXXE

My son, keep the laws of thy father, and reject not the ordinances of thy mother:

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

נְצֹ֣ר בְּ֭נִי מִצְוַ֣ת אָבִ֑יךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ תּוֹרַ֥ת אִמֶּֽךָ׃

LXX-Br

Υἱὲ, φύλασσε νόμους πατρός σου, καὶ μὴ ἀπώσῃ θεσμοὺς μητρός σου·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
• Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
• Proverbs 7:1–4My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you. Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. Say to…
• Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
• Proverbs 1:8–9Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
• Proverbs 30:11There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
• 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,

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