Proverbs 6:20

A Conservative Version

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and do not forsake the law of thy mother.

Cross References

Ephesians 6:1

Children, obey your parents in Lord, for this is right.

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Proverbs 23:22

Hearken to thy father who begot thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation who curses their father, and does not bless their mother.

Deuteronomy 21:18

If a man has 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 hearken to them,

Jeremiah 35:8

And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,

Proverbs 5:1

My son, attend to my wisdom. Incline thine ear to my understanding,

Proverbs 5:5

Her feet go down to death. Her steps take hold on Sheol,

Proverbs 7:7

and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding