Verse 20

My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eph 6:1 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do.
  • Deut 21:18 : 18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother, and they discipline him but he will not listen to them,
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
  • Prov 1:8-9 : 8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching, 9 For they will be a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.
  • Prov 7:1-4 : 1 My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments with you. 2 Keep my commandments and live, and guard my teaching as the apple of your eye. 3 Tie them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 Say to wisdom, 'You are my sister,' and call understanding your close relative.
  • Prov 23:22 : 22 Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.