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Complete Jewish Bible
Proverbs 6:20
My son, obey your father's command, and don't abandon your mother's teaching.
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Christian Standard Bible®
My son, keep your father’s command,and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.
My son, keep your father’s command,and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.
Hebrew Names Version
My son, keep your father's mitzvah, And don't forsake your mother's teaching.
My son, keep your father's mitzvah, And don't forsake your mother's teaching.
King James Version
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
English Standard Version
My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
New Century Version
My son, keep your father's commands, and don't forget your mother's teaching.
My son, keep your father's commands, and don't forget your mother's teaching.
New English Translation
My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.
My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.
Amplified Bible
My son, be guided by your father's [God-given] commandment (instruction) And do not reject the teaching of your mother;
My son, be guided by your father's [God-given] commandment (instruction) And do not reject the teaching of your mother;
New American Standard Bible
My son, comply with the commandment of your father, And do not ignore the teaching of your mother;
My son, comply with the commandment of your father, And do not ignore the teaching of your mother;
World English Bible
My son, keep your father's commandment, And don't forsake your mother's teaching.
My son, keep your father's commandment, And don't forsake your mother's teaching.
Geneva Bible (1587)
My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.
My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.
Legacy Standard Bible
My son, observe the commandment of your fatherAnd do not abandon the law of your mother;
My son, observe the commandment of your fatherAnd do not abandon the law of your mother;
Berean Standard Bible
My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
Contemporary English Version
Obey the teaching of your parents—
Obey the teaching of your parents—
Darby Translation
My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
Easy-to-Read Version
My son, remember your father's command, and don't forget your mother's teaching.
My son, remember your father's command, and don't forget your mother's teaching.
George Lamsa Translation
My son, keep your fathers commandment and do not forsake the law of your mother;
My son, keep your fathers commandment and do not forsake the law of your mother;
Good News Translation
Lexham English Bible
My child, keep the commandment of your father, and do not disregard the instruction of your mother.
My child, keep the commandment of your father, and do not disregard the instruction of your mother.
Literal Translation
My son, keep your father's commands, and do not forsake the law of your mother.
My son, keep your father's commands, and do not forsake the law of your mother.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
My sonne, kepe thy fathers comaundemetes, & forsake not ye lawe of thy mother.
My sonne, kepe thy fathers comaundemetes, & forsake not ye lawe of thy mother.
American Standard Version
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
Bible in Basic English
My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:
My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
King James Version (1611)
My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
My sonne, kepe thy fathers commaundement, and forsake not the lawe of thy mother:
My sonne, kepe thy fathers commaundement, and forsake not the lawe of thy mother:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
My son, keep the laws of thy father, and reject not the ordinances of thy mother:
My son, keep the laws of thy father, and reject not the ordinances of thy mother:
English Revised Version
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Mi sone, kepe the comaundementis of thi fadir; and forsake not the lawe of thi modir.
Mi sone, kepe the comaundementis of thi fadir; and forsake not the lawe of thi modir.
Update Bible Version
My son, keep the commandment of your father, And don't forsake the law of your mother:
My son, keep the commandment of your father, And don't forsake the law of your mother:
Webster's Bible Translation
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
New King James Version
My son, keep your father's command, And do not forsake the law of your mother.
My son, keep your father's command, And do not forsake the law of your mother.
New Living Translation
My son, obey your father's commands, and don't neglect your mother's instruction.
My son, obey your father's commands, and don't neglect your mother's instruction.
New Life Bible
My son, keep the teaching of your father, and do not turn away from the teaching of your mother.
My son, keep the teaching of your father, and do not turn away from the teaching of your mother.
New Revised Standard
My child, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
My child, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother:
Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother:
Douay-Rheims Bible
My son, keep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
My son, keep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
Revised Standard Version
My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
Young's Literal Translation
Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.
Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.
THE MESSAGE
Good friend, follow your father's good advice; don't wander off from your mother's teachings. Wrap yourself in them from head to foot; wear them like a scarf around your neck. Wherever you walk, they'll guide you; whenever you rest, they'll guard you; when you wake up, they'll tell you what's next. For sound advice is a beacon, good teaching is a light, moral discipline is a life path.
Good friend, follow your father's good advice; don't wander off from your mother's teachings. Wrap yourself in them from head to foot; wear them like a scarf around your neck. Wherever you walk, they'll guide you; whenever you rest, they'll guard you; when you wake up, they'll tell you what's next. For sound advice is a beacon, good teaching is a light, moral discipline is a life path.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
My son, observe the commandment of your father And do not forsake the teaching of your mother;
My son, observe the commandment of your father And do not forsake the teaching of your mother;
Contextual Overview
20 My son, obey your father's command, and don't abandon your mother's teaching. 21 Bind them always on your heart, tie them around your neck. 22 When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you wake up, they will talk with you. 23 For the mitzvah is a lamp, Torah is light, and reproofs that discipline are the way to life. 24 They keep you from an evil woman, from a loose woman's seductive tongue. 25 Don't let your heart lust after her beauty or allow her glance to captivate you. 26 The price of a whore is a loaf of bread, but the adulteress is hunting for a precious life. 27 Can a man carry fire inside his shirt without burning his clothes? 28 Can a man walk [barefoot] on hot coals without scorching his feet? 29 So is he who has sex with his neighbor's wife; anyone touching her will be punished.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 1:8, Proverbs 1:9, Proverbs 7:1-4, Proverbs 23:22, Proverbs 30:11, Deuteronomy 21:18, Deuteronomy 27:16, Ephesians 6:1
Reciprocal: Genesis 18:19 - command Genesis 39:8 - refused Genesis 49:2 - hearken Exodus 13:9 - a sign Leviticus 19:3 - fear Deuteronomy 11:18 - ye lay up Psalms 119:9 - shall Psalms 119:24 - my counsellors Proverbs 4:1 - ye Proverbs 4:20 - General Proverbs 31:1 - his Jeremiah 35:8 - General 1 Corinthians 15:2 - keep in memory Colossians 3:20 - obey
Cross-References
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them: God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the air and every living creature that crawls on the earth."
God blessed them: God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the air and every living creature that crawls on the earth."
Genesis 2:19
So from the ground Adonai , God, formed every wild animal and every bird that flies in the air, and he brought them to the person to see what he would call them. Whatever the person would call each living creature, that was to be its name.
So from the ground Adonai , God, formed every wild animal and every bird that flies in the air, and he brought them to the person to see what he would call them. Whatever the person would call each living creature, that was to be its name.
Genesis 6:8
But Noach found grace in the sight of Adonai . Haftarah B'resheet: Yesha‘yahu (Isaiah) 42:5–43:10 (A); 42:5–21 (S) B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah B'resheet: Mattityahu (Matthew) 1:1–17; 19:3–9; Mark 10:1–12; Luke 3:23–38; Yochanan (John) 1:1–18; 1 Corinthians 6:15–20; 15:35–58; Romans 5:12–21; Ephesians 5:21–32; Colossians 1:14–17; 1 Timothy 2:11–15; Messianic Jews (Hebrews) 1:1–3; 3:7–4:11; 11:1–7; 2 Kefa (2 Peter) 3:3–14; Revelation 21:1–5; 22:1–5 Here is the history of Noach. In his generation, Noach was a man righteous and wholehearted; Noach walked with God. Noach fathered three sons, Shem, Ham and Yefet. The earth was corrupt before God, the earth was filled with violence. God saw the earth, and, yes, it was corrupt; for all living beings had corrupted their ways on the earth. God said to Noach, "The end of all living beings has come before me, for because of them the earth is filled with violence. I will destroy them along with the earth. Make yourself an ark of gofer-wood; you are to make the ark with rooms and cover it with pitch both outside and inside. Here is how you are to build it: the length of the ark is to be 450 feet, its width seventy-five feet and its height forty-five feet. You are to make an opening for daylight in the ark eighteen inches below its roof. Put a door in its side; and build it with lower, second and third decks. "Then I myself will bring the flood of water over the earth to destroy from under heaven every living thing that breathes; everything on earth will be destroyed. But I will establish my covenant with you; you will come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife and your sons' wives with you. "From everything living, from each kind of living being, you are to bring two into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they are to be male and female. Of each kind of bird, each kind of livestock, and each kind of animal creeping on the ground, two are to come to you, so that they can be kept alive. Also take from all the kinds of food that are eaten, and collect it for yourself; it is to be food for you and for them." This is what Noach did; he did all that God ordered him to do.
But Noach found grace in the sight of Adonai . Haftarah B'resheet: Yesha‘yahu (Isaiah) 42:5–43:10 (A); 42:5–21 (S) B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah B'resheet: Mattityahu (Matthew) 1:1–17; 19:3–9; Mark 10:1–12; Luke 3:23–38; Yochanan (John) 1:1–18; 1 Corinthians 6:15–20; 15:35–58; Romans 5:12–21; Ephesians 5:21–32; Colossians 1:14–17; 1 Timothy 2:11–15; Messianic Jews (Hebrews) 1:1–3; 3:7–4:11; 11:1–7; 2 Kefa (2 Peter) 3:3–14; Revelation 21:1–5; 22:1–5 Here is the history of Noach. In his generation, Noach was a man righteous and wholehearted; Noach walked with God. Noach fathered three sons, Shem, Ham and Yefet. The earth was corrupt before God, the earth was filled with violence. God saw the earth, and, yes, it was corrupt; for all living beings had corrupted their ways on the earth. God said to Noach, "The end of all living beings has come before me, for because of them the earth is filled with violence. I will destroy them along with the earth. Make yourself an ark of gofer-wood; you are to make the ark with rooms and cover it with pitch both outside and inside. Here is how you are to build it: the length of the ark is to be 450 feet, its width seventy-five feet and its height forty-five feet. You are to make an opening for daylight in the ark eighteen inches below its roof. Put a door in its side; and build it with lower, second and third decks. "Then I myself will bring the flood of water over the earth to destroy from under heaven every living thing that breathes; everything on earth will be destroyed. But I will establish my covenant with you; you will come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife and your sons' wives with you. "From everything living, from each kind of living being, you are to bring two into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they are to be male and female. Of each kind of bird, each kind of livestock, and each kind of animal creeping on the ground, two are to come to you, so that they can be kept alive. Also take from all the kinds of food that are eaten, and collect it for yourself; it is to be food for you and for them." This is what Noach did; he did all that God ordered him to do.
Genesis 6:11
The earth was corrupt before God, the earth was filled with violence.
The earth was corrupt before God, the earth was filled with violence.
Genesis 6:12
God saw the earth, and, yes, it was corrupt; for all living beings had corrupted their ways on the earth.
God saw the earth, and, yes, it was corrupt; for all living beings had corrupted their ways on the earth.
Genesis 6:16
You are to make an opening for daylight in the ark eighteen inches below its roof. Put a door in its side; and build it with lower, second and third decks.
You are to make an opening for daylight in the ark eighteen inches below its roof. Put a door in its side; and build it with lower, second and third decks.
Genesis 6:20
Of each kind of bird, each kind of livestock, and each kind of animal creeping on the ground, two are to come to you, so that they can be kept alive.
Of each kind of bird, each kind of livestock, and each kind of animal creeping on the ground, two are to come to you, so that they can be kept alive.
John 5:40
but you won't come to me in order to have life!
but you won't come to me in order to have life!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My son, keep thy father's commandment,.... These are not the words of David to Solomon continued from Proverbs 4:4; but the words of Solomon to his son; and not to his son only, in a strict natural relation, but to everyone that came to him for and put himself under his instruction; and to everyone that stood in such a relation to a religious father; for not the divine Being, the Father of all, is here meant, according to some Jewish writers; though the commandment no doubt is the commandment of God taught by godly parents; or such a system of precepts that is founded upon and agrees unto the revealed will of God, and which being so should be laid up and kept in the heart, and not forgotten; and should be observed and attended to and obeyed throughout the whole course of life, as if it was the commandment of God himself; and indeed it is no other than that which pious parents train up their children in the knowledge of, instil into them, and urge upon them the observance of;
and forsake not the law of thy mother; the same as before, and which is mentioned to show that the same respect is to be had to a mother as to a father, the commandment and law of them being the same, and they standing in the same relation; which yet children are apt to make a difference in, and while they stand in awe of their father and his precepts, slight their mother and her directions, which ought not to be. Some understand this of the congregation of Israel, as some Jewish writers; and others of the church of God, the mother of us all.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 6:20. Keep thy father's commandment — See on Proverbs 1:8.
