Proverbs 6:20
¶ My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
¶ *My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
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- *Cross-referenceChap.1.8.
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- Ephesians 6:1Rank 1 from verse 20
- Deuteronomy 27:16Rank 2 from verse 20
- Proverbs 7:1–4Rank 3 from verse 20
1MY son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
1¶ My sonne, keepe my words, and lay vp my commaundements with thee.
2*Keepe my commandements, and liue: and my law as the apple of thine eye.
3Bind them vpon thy fingers, write them vpon the table of thine heart.
4Say vnto Wisedome, Thou art my sister, and call Understanding thy kinse woman,
- Proverbs 1:8–9Rank 4 from verse 20
8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
8My sonne, heare the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
9For they shall be †an ornament of grace vnto thy head, and chaines about thy necke.
- Proverbs 23:22Rank 5 from verse 20
- Deuteronomy 21:18Rank 6 from verse 20
18¶ If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
18¶ If a man haue a stubborne and rebellious sonne, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that when they haue chastened him, wil not hearken vnto them:
- Proverbs 30:11Rank 7 from verse 20
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Proverbs 6:20
1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.
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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.
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commandment
Sense 1: An authoritative command, charge, order, or precept to be obeyed. Sense 2: One of the ten commandments.
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To leave, abandon, desert, reject, renounce, cease following, or withdraw from a person, place, way, command, duty, affection, or former course.
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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.
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Sense 1: A female parent. Sense 2: Figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.
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6:19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
6:19A false witnesse that speaketh lies; and him that soweth discord among brethren.
6:20¶ My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
6:20¶ *My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
Selected passage6:21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
6:21Binde them continually vpon thine heart, and tie them about thy necke.