Proverbs 6:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁰My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Proverbs 6:20 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Deuteronomy 27:16
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Proverbs 7:1-4
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. …
Proverbs 1:8-9
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: …
Proverbs 23:22
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 20-35)

Here is, I. A general exhortation faithfully to adhere to the word of God and to take it for our guide in all our actions. 1. We must look upon the word of God both as a light (Pr. 6:23) and as a law, Pr. 6:20, 23. (1.) By its arguments it is a light, which our understandings must subscribe to; it is a lamp to our eyes for discovery, and so to our feet for direction. The word of God reveals to us…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 20)

20-23. (Compare Pr 1:8; 3:3, &c.).