Proverbs 23:22
Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:
Proverbs 1:8My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:
Proverbs 15:20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.
Proverbs 30:17The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.
Mark 7:10For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:
Ephesians 6:1Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the 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 →