Proverbs 23:22
Listen, my son, to your father which begot you, and despise not your mother because she is grown old.
LXX2012 (British)
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 21:18And if any man has a disobedient and contentious son, who hearkens not to the voice of his father and the voice of his mother, and they should correct him, and he should not listen to them;
Proverbs 1:8Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, and reject not the rules of your mother.
Proverbs 15:20A wise son gladdens his father; but a foolish son sneers at his mother.
Proverbs 30:17The eye that laughs to scorn a father, and dishonours the old age of a mother, let the ravens of the valleys pick it out, and let the young eagles devour it.
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 →