Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
In context
19 Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your heart in the way. 20 Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat, 21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags. 22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding. 24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him. 25 Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice.
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 23:22 in the KJV
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 23:22 in the NIV
Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.