Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Berean Standard Bible
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 will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
23Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
Proverbs 15:20A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 30:17As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
Mark 7:10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents 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 →