Proverbs 23:22
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
In Context
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
23Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18If a man have an unmanageable and rebellious son, who hearkeneth not unto the voice of his father, nor unto the voice of his mother, and they have chastened him, but he hearkeneth not unto them;
Proverbs 1:8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
Proverbs 15:20A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocketh at a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Mark 7:10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, he who speaks ill of father or mother, let him surely die.
Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in [the] Lord, for this is just.
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 →