Verse 20

¶ My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Referenced Verses

  • Eph 6:1 : 1 ¶ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
  • Deut 21:18 : 18 ¶ If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and [that], when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Prov 1:8-9 : 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 9 For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
  • Prov 7:1-4 : 1 ¶ My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:
  • Prov 23:22 : 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 [There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.