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Proverbs 6:20

Warning Against Adultery

20 My son,j keep your father’s command

and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.k

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Proverbs 6:20 — English Standard Version (ESV)

20 My son, keep your father’s commandment,

and forsake not your mother’s teaching.

Proverbs 6:20 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment,

And forsake not the law of thy mother:

Proverbs 6:20 — New Living Translation (NLT)

20 My son, obey your father’s commands,

and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.

Proverbs 6:20 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

20 My son, keep your father’s command,

And do not forsake the law of your mother.

Proverbs 6:20 — New Century Version (NCV)

20 My son, keep your father’s commands,

and don’t forget your mother’s teaching.

Proverbs 6:20 — American Standard Version (ASV)

20 My son, keep the commandment of thy father,

And forsake not the law of thy mother:

Proverbs 6:20 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

20 My son, observe thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

Proverbs 6:20 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

20 My son, 

obey the command of your father, 

and do not disregard the teachings of your mother. 

Proverbs 6:20 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

20 My son, keep your father’s command,

and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.

Proverbs 6:20 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

20 My child, keep your father’s commandment,

and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

Proverbs 6:20 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

20 My child, keep the commandment of your father,

and do not disregard the instruction of your mother.

Proverbs 6:20 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

20 My son, keep your father’s commands.

Don’t turn away from your mother’s teaching.

Proverbs 6:20 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

20 My son, observe the commandment of your father

And do not forsake the teaching of your mother;


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