Proverbs 6:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

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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 person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 ‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
  • Prov 1:8-9 : 8 Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother. 9 For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.
  • Prov 7:1-4 : 1 Admonition to Avoid the Wiles of the Adulteress My child, devote yourself to my words and store up my commands inside yourself. 2 Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession. 3 Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 Say to wisdom,“You are my sister,” and call understanding a 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 who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

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%

    8Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

    9For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.

  • Prov 3:1
    84%

    1Exhortations to Seek Wisdom and Walk with the Lord My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

  • Prov 6:21-22
    2 verses
    84%

    21Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.

    22When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.

  • Prov 23:22
    81%

    22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

  • Prov 7:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1Admonition to Avoid the Wiles of the Adulteress My child, devote yourself to my words and store up my commands inside yourself.

    2Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession.

  • Eph 6:1-4
    4 verses
    79%

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

    2“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,

    3“that it will go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth.”

    4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

  • Prov 4:1-6
    6 verses
    79%

    1Admonition to Follow Righteousness and Avoid Wickedness Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

    2Because I hereby give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.

    3When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,

    4he taught me, and he said to me:“Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.

    5Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

    6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you.

  • Prov 22:6
    78%

    6Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    77%

    26The one who robs his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

    27If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

  • Deut 5:16
    77%

    16Honor your father and your mother just as the LORD your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he is about to give you.

  • Exod 20:12
    77%

    12“Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the LORD your God is giving to you.

  • Prov 2:1
    77%

    1Benefits of Seeking Wisdom My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands inside yourself,

  • Prov 23:26
    77%

    26Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;

  • Prov 15:20
    77%

    20A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

  • Prov 5:7
    75%

    7So now, children, listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak.

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings.

    21Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;

  • Deut 21:18
    75%

    18If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,

  • Gen 27:8
    75%

    8Now then, my son, do exactly what I tell you!

  • Deut 6:20
    75%

    20Exhortation to Remember the Past When your children ask you later on,“What are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that the LORD our God commanded you?”

  • Prov 3:21
    74%

    21My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.

  • Matt 19:19
    74%

    19honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.”

  • Prov 30:11
    74%

    11There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

  • Prov 1:15
    74%

    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

  • Prov 5:1
    74%

    1Admonition to Avoid Seduction to Evil My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding,

  • Prov 20:20
    74%

    20The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.

  • Prov 6:24
    73%

    24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

  • Matt 15:4
    73%

    4For God said,‘Honor your father and mother’ and‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’

  • Deut 27:16
    73%

    16‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • Prov 31:2
    73%

    2O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows,

  • Prov 5:20
    73%

    20But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

  • Prov 10:1
    73%

    1The First Collection of Solomonic Proverbs The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.

  • Deut 6:7
    73%

    7and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

  • Deut 6:17
    72%

    17Keep his commandments very carefully, as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe.

  • Deut 6:2
    72%

    2and that you may so revere the LORD your God that you will keep all his statutes and commandments that I am giving you– you, your children, and your grandchildren– all your lives, to prolong your days.

  • Prov 6:19
    72%

    19a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.

  • Prov 19:18
    72%

    18Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.