Verse 20

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, 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, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten 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 a chaplet 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 tablet of thy 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 curse their father, And bless not their mother.