Proverbs 6:20

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

Cross-reference

In Proverbs 30:11, cursing parents is the opposite of keeping their command — a stark contrast.

Proverbs 1:8 contains the same charge to heed parental teaching, reinforcing 6:20's call to obey father and mother.

In Proverbs 7:1-4, the same call to treasure commands and bind them on your heart echoes the parent's instruction.

In Proverbs 23:22, the command to listen to your father and not despise your mother directly parallels this.

Proverbs 4:1 directly parallels the call to hear a father's instruction and gain insight, reinforcing the same command.

Proverbs 4:20 repeats the exhortation to be attentive to a father's words, a direct parallel to keeping parental teaching.

Proverbs 31:1 introduces King Lemuel's mother's teaching, exemplifying the maternal instruction mentioned here.

In Proverbs 1:9, parental teaching is a graceful garland — this reinforces the value of keeping your father's command.

In Ephesians 6:1, NT believers are told to obey parents — a direct parallel under the new covenant.

In Deuteronomy 27:16, dishonoring parents brings a curse — the opposite of following their teaching.

Colossians 3:20 applies this same principle to NT children, commanding obedience to parents as pleasing the Lord.

Jeremiah 35:8 records the Rechabites obeying their father Jonadab's command, a concrete example of heeding a father's commandment.

In Deuteronomy 21:18, a stubborn son who disobeys parents is judged — contrasting with the command to obey.

In Leviticus 19:3, honoring mother and father is commanded — the same parental authority whose teaching is to be kept here.

Exodus 13:9 Parallel

In Exodus 13:9, the law is to be a sign on the hand and a memorial — a physical reminder like the binding of commands here.

Psalm 119:9 Related theme

Psalm 119:9 asks how a young man keeps his way pure—by guarding it according to God's word, mirroring the call to keep parental instruction.

In Genesis 18:19, Abraham commands his household to keep God's way — echoing the father's command role.