Proverbs 23:22
Pay attention to what your father tells you, and ◄do not neglect/take care of► [LIT] your mother when she is old.
Translation for Translators
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 21:18“Suppose there is a boy who is very stubborn and always ◄rebelling against/disobeying► his parents, and who will not heed what they say to him. And suppose that they punish him but he still does not pay attention to what they tell him [MTY].
Proverbs 1:8My son, pay attention to what I, your father, am teaching you. And do not reject what your mother teaches you.
Proverbs 15:20Children who are wise cause their parents to be happy; it is foolish children who despise their parents.
Proverbs 30:17Those who [SYN] make fun of their fathers or refuse to obey their mothers (OR, despise their aged mothers) should die and have their eyes pecked out by crows, and the rest of their corpses should be fed to the vultures.
Mark 7:10For example, our ancestor Moses wrote God’s command, ‘Honor your fathers and your mothers’. He also wrote, ‘ The authorities must execute a person who speaks evil about his father or mother.’
Ephesians 6:1You children, because you ◄belong to/have a close relationship with► the Lord Jesus, obey your parents, because it is right for you to do that.
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 →