A moment in scripture
Proverbs 6:20
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My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 6:18
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
- Proverbs 6:19
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
- Proverbs 6:21
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
- Proverbs 6:22
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.