Proverbs 23:22
20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24 The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
- KJV
- Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
- WEB
- Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
- ASV
- Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
- DARBY
- Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
- BLB
- Listen to your father, this one begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
- ÅB
- Hør på din far, som gav deg livet, og forakt ikke din mor når hun er blitt gammel!
- OTB
- Gi akt på din far, som ga deg liv, og forakt ikke din mor når hun er gammel.
- B1930
- Hør på din far, som gav dig livet, og forakt ikke din mor når hun er blitt gammel!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 30:17
As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
Read in contextProverbs 1:8
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
Read in contextJohn 19:26–27
When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”
Read in contextProverbs 6:20
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Read in contextEphesians 6:1–2
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 27:16
‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read in contextMark 7:10
For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
Read in contextLeviticus 19:3
Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
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