Proverbs 6:20

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.”

— WEB

“My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:”

— KJV

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

— ASV

Cross-references

Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Ephesians 6:1 "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right."
Deuteronomy 27:16 "‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’"
Proverbs 7:1-4 "My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you."
Proverbs 23:22 "Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old."
Proverbs 1:8-9 "My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:"
Proverbs 30:11 "There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother."
Deuteronomy 21:18 "If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten…"

Commentary

Here is, I. A general exhortation faithfully to adhere to the word of God and to take it for our guide in all our actions. 1. We must look upon the word of God both as a light (Pro 6:23) and as a law, Pro 6:20, Pro 6:23. (1.) By its arguments it is a light, which our understandings must subscribe to; it is a lamp to our eyes for discovery, and so to our feet for direction. The word of God reveals to us truths of eternal certainty, and is built upon the highest reason. Scripture-light is the sure light. (2.) By its authority it is a law, which our wills must submit to. As never such a light shone out of the schools of the philosophers, so never such a law issued from the throne of any prince, so well framed, and so binding. It is such a law as is a lamp and a light, for it carries with it the evidence of its own goodness. 2. We must receive it as our father's commandment and the law of our mother, Pro 6:20. It is God's commandment and his law. But, (1.) Our parents directed us to it, put it into our hands, trained us up in the knowledge and observance of it, its original and obligation being most sacred.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary (public domain)

(Compare Pro 1:8; Pro 3:3, &c.).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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