Proverbs 6:20
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 6
“My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:”Proverbs 6:20
What Does Proverbs 6:20 Mean?
Proverbs 6:20 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 6, verse 20 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 6:20 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ephesians 6:1“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”Psalms 119:9“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.”Proverbs 4:20“My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.”Genesis 18:19“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.”Deuteronomy 11:18“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.”Proverbs 1:8“My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:”Colossians 3:20“Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.”Proverbs 23:22“Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.”Proverbs 31:1“The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.”Deuteronomy 27:16“Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.”Psalms 119:24“Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.”Proverbs 1:9“For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.”Exodus 13:9“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.”Leviticus 19:3“Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.”Proverbs 7:1“My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.”Jeremiah 35:8“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;”1 Corinthians 15:2“By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.”Genesis 39:8“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;”Genesis 49:2“Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.”Deuteronomy 21:18“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:”
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