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Proverbs 6:20–22

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WARNING AGAINST ADULTERY

20My son, keep your father’s command,

and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.ad

21Always bind them to your heart;

tie them around your neck.ae

22When you walk here and there, they will guide you;

when you lie down, they will watch over you;

when you wake up, they will talk to you.

Read in Logos
Proverbs 6:20: My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching.

Cross references

  1. adPr 1:8; 31:1
  2. aePr 1:9; 3:3; 7:3

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

My son, keep your father’s commandment,

and forsake not your mother’s teaching.

Bind them on your heart always;

tie them around your neck.

When you walk, they will lead you;

when you lie down, they will watch over you;

and when you awake, they will talk with you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

My son, keep your father’s command

and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

Bind them always on your heart;

fasten them around your neck.

When you walk, they will guide you;

when you sleep, they will watch over you;

when you awake, they will speak to you.

NLTNew Living Translation

My son, obey your father’s commands,

and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.

Keep their words always in your heart.

Tie them around your neck.

When you walk, their counsel will lead you.

When you sleep, they will protect you.

When you wake up, they will advise you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

My child, keep the commandment of your father,

and do not disregard the instruction of your mother.

Bind them on your heart continually;

tie them upon your neck.

When you walk, she will lead you,

When you lie down, she will watch over you,

and when you awake, she will converse with you.

KJV 1900King James Version

My son, keep thy father’s commandment,

And forsake not the law of thy mother:

Bind them continually upon thine heart,

And tie them about thy neck.

When thou goest, it shall lead thee;

When thou sleepest, it shall keep thee;

And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.