Proverbs 6:20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Proverbs 23:22

Listen to your father who begot you, 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.

Proverbs 5:1

My child, 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 saw among the simple ones, I observed among the youths, a young man without sense,

Jeremiah 35:8

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

Ephesians 6:1

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

Deuteronomy 21:18

“If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father and mother, who does not heed them when they discipline him,

Deuteronomy 27:16

“ ‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors father or mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’