Jeremiah 35:8
Good News Translation
We have obeyed all the instructions that Jonadab gave us. We ourselves never drink wine, and neither do our wives, our sons, or our daughters.

New Revised Standard Version
We have obeyed the charge of our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, ourselves, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,

New American Bible
We have obeyed Jonadab, Rechab’s son, our father, in everything that he commanded us: not drinking wine as long as we live—neither we nor our wives nor our sons nor our daughters;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all things that he commanded us: so as to drink no wine all our days: neither we, nor our wives, nor our sons, nor our daughters:

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Therefore we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all things that he commanded us: so as to drink no wine all our days: neither we, nor our wives, nor our sons, nor our daughters:

Proverbs 1:8,9 That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck. . . .

Proverbs 4:1,2,10 I will give you a good gift, forsake not my law. . . .

Proverbs 6:20 Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.

Proverbs 13:1 A wise son heareth the doctrine of his father: but he that is a scorner, heareth not when he is reproved.

Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

Context
The Obedience of the Rechabites
7Neither shall ye build houses, nor sow reed, nor plant vineyards, nor have any: but you shall dwell in tents all your days, that you may live many days upon the face of the earth, in which you are strangers. 8Therefore we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all things that he commanded us: so as to drink no wine all our days: neither we, nor our wives, nor our sons, nor our daughters:9Nor to build houses to dwell in, nor to have vineyard, or field, or seed:…
Cross References
Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is just.

Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

Proverbs 1:8
That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.

Proverbs 1:9
My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.

Proverbs 4:1
I will give you a good gift, forsake not my law.

Proverbs 4:2
For I also was my father's son, tender, and as an only son in the sight of my mother:

Proverbs 6:20
Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.

Jeremiah 35:7
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