Verse 20

My son, keep your father's commandment, And don't forsake your mother's teaching.

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, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not listen to them;
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed be he who sets light by his father or his mother. All the people shall say, Amen.
  • Prov 1:8-9 : 8 My son, listen to your father's instruction, And don't forsake your mother's teaching: 9 For they will be a garland to grace your head, And chains around your neck.
  • Prov 7:1-4 : 1 My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you. 2 Keep my commandments and live; Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye. 3 Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 Tell wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your relative,
  • Prov 23:22 : 22 Listen to your father who gave you life, And don't despise your mother when she is old.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation that curses their father, And doesn't bless their mother.