Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who begot you 1 and do not despise your mother when she is old. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 become poor 1 and slumber will clothe them with rags. 1
23Buy the truth, but do not sell it; 1 buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, even though they correct him, will not listen to them;
Proverbs 1:8My son, hear the instruction of your father 1 and do not lay aside the rules of your mother; 1
Proverbs 15:20A wise son brings joy to his father, 1 but a foolish person despises his mother. 1
Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocks a father 1 and scorns obedience to a mother, 1 his eyes will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, 1 and he will be eaten by the vultures. 1
Mark 7:10For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of his father or mother will surely die.'
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 →