Proverbs 6:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נְצֹ֣ר בְּ֭נִי מִצְוַ֣ת אָבִ֑יךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ תּוֹרַ֥ת אִמֶּֽךָ׃

Transliteration

nəṣōr bənî miṣwat ʾāvîḵā and-not-tiṭṭōš tôrat ʾimmeḵā

Grammar Details

*nəṣōr*: verb, qal imperative masculine singular - keep/guard
*bənî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my son
*miṣwat*: noun, feminine singular construct - commandment of
*ʾāvîḵā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your father
*tiṭṭōš*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular jussive - may you forsake
*tôrat*: noun, feminine singular construct - teaching/instruction of
*ʾimmeḵā*: noun, feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your mother

Word Meanings

*nəṣōr*: keep/guard/preserve
*miṣwat*: commandment/precept
*tiṭṭōš*: forsake/abandon/reject
*tôrat*: teaching/instruction/law

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Prov 1:8-9
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8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
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Prov 23:22
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Prov 7:1-2
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1My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
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Eph 6:1-4
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Prov 4:1-6
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2For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law.
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Prov 19:26-27
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Prov 2:1
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Prov 10:1
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Deut 6:7
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Deut 6:17
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Deut 6:2
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Prov 6:19
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Prov 19:18
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