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Proverbs 6:20

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Warning Against Adultery

20aMy son, observe the commandment of your father

And do not abandon the 1law of your mother;

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

Footnotes

  1. 1Or instruction

Cross references

  1. aEph 6:1

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

My son, keep your father’s commandment,

and forsake not your mother’s teaching.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

My son, keep your father’s command

and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

My son, keep your father’s command,

and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.

NLTNew Living Translation

My son, obey your father’s commands,

and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

My child, keep the commandment of your father,

and do not disregard the instruction of your mother.

KJV 1900King James Version

My son, keep thy father’s commandment,

And forsake not the law of thy mother: