Pro 6:20
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Cursed {be} he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
{There is} a generation {that} curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
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:
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed {thereto} according to thy word.
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Children, obey {your} parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
Thy testimonies also {are} my delight {and} my counsellors. {my counsellors: Heb. men of my counsel}
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I {am} the LORD your God.
And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
For they {shall be} an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. {an...: Heb. an adding}
Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. {keep...: or, hold fast} {what: Gr. by what speech}
But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what {is} with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.