Proverbs 23:22
Pay attention to your father, and don't disregard your mother when she's old.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
In Context
23Invest in truth—and don't sell it! Invest in wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18If someone has an obstinate and rebellious son who doesn't obey his parents and doesn't obey them even when he's punished,
Proverbs 1:8My son, pay attention to your father's instruction, and don't reject your mother's teaching.
Proverbs 15:20A wise son makes his father happy, but a stupid man despises his mother.
Proverbs 30:17People who ridicule their fathers and despise obedience to the mother will have their eyes pecked out by wild ravens and eaten by young vultures.
Mark 7:10“Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘Whoever curses their father or mother should die.’
Ephesians 6:1Children, do what your parents tell you, for this is the right thing to do.
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 →