Proverbs 6:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.

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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 any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, which wil not hearken vnto the voice of his father, nor the voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened him, and he would not obey them,
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed be he that curseth his father & his mother: And all the people shal say: So be it.
  • Prov 1:8-9 : 8 My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching. 9 For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.
  • Prov 7:1-4 : 1 My sonne, keepe my wordes, & hide my commandements with thee. 2 Keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue, and mine instruction as the apple of thine eyes. 3 Binde them vpon thy fingers, and write them vpon the table of thine heart. 4 Say vnto wisedome, Thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinswoman,
  • Prov 23:22 : 22 Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doeth not blesse their mother.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 1:8-9
    2 verses
    90%

    8 My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.

    9 For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.

  • Prov 3:1
    84%

    1 My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.

  • Prov 6:21-22
    2 verses
    84%

    21 Binde them alway vpon thine heart, and tye them about thy necke.

    22 It shall leade thee, when thou walkest: it shall watch for thee, when thou sleepest, and when thou wakest, it shall talke with thee.

  • Prov 23:22
    81%

    22 Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.

  • Prov 7:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1 My sonne, keepe my wordes, & hide my commandements with thee.

    2 Keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue, and mine instruction as the apple of thine eyes.

  • Eph 6:1-4
    4 verses
    79%

    1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

    2 Honour thy father & mother (which is the first commandement with promes)

    3 That it may be well with thee, and that thou mayst liue long on earth.

    4 And ye, fathers, prouoke not your children to wrath: but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lord.

  • Prov 4:1-6
    6 verses
    79%

    1 Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.

    2 For I doe giue you a good doctrine: therefore forsake yee not my lawe.

    3 For I was my fathers sonne, tender and deare in the sight of my mother,

    4 When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue.

    5 Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.

    6 Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.

  • Prov 22:6
    78%

    6 Teache a childe in the trade of his way, and when he is olde, he shall not depart from it.

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    77%

    26 He that destroyeth his father, or chaseth away his mother, is a lewde and shamefull childe.

    27 My sonne, heare no more the instruction, that causeth to erre from ye words of knowledge.

  • Deut 5:16
    77%

    16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath comanded thee, that thy dayes may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

  • Exod 20:12
    77%

    12 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy dayes may be prolonged vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

  • Prov 2:1
    77%

    1 My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,

  • Prov 23:26
    77%

    26 My sonne, giue mee thine heart, and let thine eyes delite in my wayes.

  • Prov 15:20
    77%

    20 A wise sonne reioyceth the father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  • Prov 5:7
    75%

    7 Heare yee me nowe therefore, O children, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20 My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.

    21 Let them not depart from thine eyes, but keepe them in the middes of thine heart.

  • Deut 21:18
    75%

    18 If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, which wil not hearken vnto the voice of his father, nor the voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened him, and he would not obey them,

  • Gen 27:8
    75%

    8 Nowe therefore, my sonne, heare my voyce in that which I command thee.

  • Deut 6:20
    75%

    20 When thy sonne shall aske thee in time to come, saying, What meane these testimonies, and ordinances, and Lawes, which the Lorde our God hath commaunded you?

  • Prov 3:21
    74%

    21 My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.

  • Matt 19:19
    74%

    19 Honour thy father and mother: and thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.

  • Prov 30:11
    74%

    11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doeth not blesse their mother.

  • Prov 1:15
    74%

    15 My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them: refraine thy foote from their path.

  • Prov 5:1
    74%

    1 My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, & incline thine eare vnto my knowledge.

  • Prov 20:20
    74%

    20 He that curseth his father or his mother, his light shalbe put out in obscure darkenes.

  • Prov 6:24
    73%

    24 To keepe thee from the wicked woman, & from ye flatterie of ye tongue of a strange woman.

  • Matt 15:4
    73%

    4 For God hath commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and he that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

  • Deut 27:16
    73%

    16 Cursed be he that curseth his father & his mother: And all the people shal say: So be it.

  • Prov 31:2
    73%

    2 What my sonne! and what ye sonne of my wombe! and what, O sonne of my desires!

  • Prov 5:20
    73%

    20 For why shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger?

  • Prov 10:1
    73%

    1 A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.

  • Deut 6:7
    73%

    7 And thou shalt rehearse them continually vnto thy children, and shalt talke of them when thou tariest in thine house, and as thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest downe, and when thou risest vp:

  • Deut 6:17
    72%

    17 But ye shal keepe diligently the commandements of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his ordinances which he hath commanded thee,

  • Deut 6:2
    72%

    2 That thou mightest feare the Lorde thy God, and keepe all his ordinances, and his commandements which I commaund thee, thou, and thy sonne, and thy sonnes sonne all the dayes of thy life, euen that thy dayes may be prolonged.

  • Prov 6:19
    72%

    19 A false witnesse that speaketh lyes, and him that rayseth vp contentions among brethren.

  • Prov 19:18
    72%

    18 Chasten thy sonne while there is hope, and let not thy soule spare for his murmuring.