 The Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary suggests that "parents are considered God's representatives and invested with a portion of his authority over their children" and therefore refusal to obey the voice of one's father or mother, when they have chastened one, is akin to refusal to honor the name of God.uses the same words, "a glutton and a drunkard", as , also linked in the succeeding verses of Proverbs to the need for obedience to and respect for one's parents