Proverbs 23:22
Hearken to thy father who begot thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
In Context
23Buy the truth, and do not sell it, [yea], wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken to them,
Proverbs 1:8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
Proverbs 15:20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Mark 7:10For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother, and, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him perish in death.
Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in Lord, for this is right.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:20-29
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. 20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. 25… Read the whole commentary →