Proverbs 6:20

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Ephesians 6:1

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

Deuteronomy 27:16

“‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Proverbs 23:22

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 30:11

There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

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 discipline him, will not listen to them,

Jeremiah 35:8

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

Proverbs 5:1

My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding,

Proverbs 5:5

Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol;

Proverbs 7:7

and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense,