Listen to your father who begot you and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 6:20 - Tree of Life Version My son, keep your father’s mitzvah, and forsake not 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 is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.
I saw among the naïve, I noticed among the youth, a young man lacking understanding,
So we obeyed the voice of Jonadab son of Rechab our father in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters,
“Suppose a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not listen to the voice of his father or mother. They discipline him, but he does not listen to them.
‘Cursed is the one who dishonors his father or mother.’ Then all the people are to say, ‘Amen.’