Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 6:20 - New Revised Standard Version My child, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake your mother's teaching. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My son, keep thy father's commandment, And forsake not the law of thy mother: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition My son, keep your father's [God-given] commandment and forsake not the law of [God] your mother [taught you]. [Eph. 6:1-3.] American Standard Version (1901) My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother: Common English Bible My son, keep your father’s command; don’t abandon your mother’s instruction. Catholic Public Domain Version My son, preserve the precepts of your father, and do not dismiss the law of your mother. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My son, beep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. |
Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
My child, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding,
and I saw among the simple ones, I observed among the youths, a young man without sense,
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,
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,
“Cursed be anyone who dishonors father or mother.” All the people shall say, “Amen!”