Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
World English Bible British
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 shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
23Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
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 though they chasten him, will not listen to them,
Proverbs 1:8My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;
Proverbs 15:20A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 30:17“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
Mark 7:10For Moses said, ‘Honour your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him 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 →