Proverbs 6:20–21
Proverbs 6:20–21 — English Standard Version (ESV)
20 My son, keep your father’s commandment,
and forsake not your mother’s teaching.
21 Bind them on your heart always;
tie them around your neck.
Proverbs 6:20–21 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment,
And forsake not the law of thy mother:
21 Bind them continually upon thine heart,
And tie them about thy neck.
Proverbs 6:20–21 — New Living Translation (NLT)
20 My son, obey your father’s commands,
and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
21 Keep their words always in your heart.
Tie them around your neck.
Proverbs 6:20–21 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
20 My son, keep your father’s command,
And do not forsake the law of your mother.
21 Bind them continually upon your heart;
Tie them around your neck.
Proverbs 6:20–21 — New Century Version (NCV)
20 My son, keep your father’s commands,
and don’t forget your mother’s teaching.
21 Keep their words in mind forever
as though you had them tied around your neck.
Proverbs 6:20–21 — American Standard Version (ASV)
20 My son, keep the commandment of thy father,
And forsake not the law of thy mother:
21 Bind them continually upon thy heart;
Tie them about thy neck.
Proverbs 6:20–21 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
20 My son, observe thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother; 21 bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:
Proverbs 6:20–21 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
20 My son,
obey the command of your father,
and do not disregard the teachings of your mother.
21 Fasten them on your heart forever.
Hang them around your neck.
Proverbs 6:20–21 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
20 My son, keep your father’s command,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.
21 Always bind them to your heart;
tie them around your neck.
Proverbs 6:20–21 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
20 My child, keep your father’s commandment,
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
21 Bind them upon your heart always;
tie them around your neck.
Proverbs 6:20–21 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
20 My child, keep the commandment of your father,
and do not disregard the instruction of your mother.
21 Bind them on your heart continually;
tie them upon your neck.
Proverbs 6:20–21 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
20 My son, keep your father’s commands.
Don’t turn away from your mother’s teaching.
21 Tie them to your heart forever.
Put them around your neck.
Proverbs 6:20–21 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
20 My son, observe the commandment of your father
And do not forsake the teaching of your mother;
21 Bind them continually on your heart;
Tie them around your neck.