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Proverbs 6:20
My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.
Proverbs 6:20 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 6:20 in other translations
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
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In context
17 The hautie eyes, a lying tongue, and the hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that imagineth wicked enterprises, feete that be swift in running to mischiefe,
19 A false witnesse that speaketh lyes, and him that rayseth vp contentions among brethren.
20 My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.
21 Binde them alway vpon thine heart, and tye them about thy necke.
22 It shall leade thee, when thou walkest: it shall watch for thee, when thou sleepest, and when thou wakest, it shall talke with thee.
23 For the commandement is a lanterne, and instruction a light: and corrections for instruction are the way of life,
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