Proverbs 6:20

Warning Against Adultery

20 My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

Proverbs 6:20 in Other Translations

KJV
20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
ESV
20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
NLT
20 My son, obey your father’s commands, and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
MSG
20 Good friend, follow your father's good advice; don't wander off from your mother's teachings.
CSB
20 My son, keep your father's command, and don't reject your mother's teaching.

Proverbs 6:20 In-Context

18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,
19 a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
20 My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
21 Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck.
22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

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