Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
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Cross references
- Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- Deuteronomy 27:16 ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
- Proverbs 7:1–3 My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you. Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye. Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.