Proverbs 6:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

My son, keep thy father's commandment, 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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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, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened 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 an ornament 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 table of thine 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 curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

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