Proverbs 23:22

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

Listen to your father, who begot you, || And do not despise your mother when she has become old.

YLT

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

DBY

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

DRC

Hearken to thy father, that beget thee: and despise not thy mother when she is old.

GNV

Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.

JPS

Hearken unto thy father that begot thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

LXXE

Hearken, my son, to thy father which begot thee, and despise not thy mother because she is grown old.

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Original-language editions

WLC

שְׁמַ֣ע לְ֭אָבִיךָ זֶ֣ה יְלָדֶ֑ךָ וְאַל־תָּ֝ב֗וּז כִּֽי־זָקְנָ֥ה אִמֶּֽךָ׃

LXX-Br

Ἄκουε, υἱὲ, πατρὸς τοῦ γεννήσαντός σε, καὶ μὴ καταφρόνει ὅτι γεγήρακέ σου ἡ μήτηρ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
• Proverbs 30:17As 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.
• Ephesians 6:1–2Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),
• John 19:26–27When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.” Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” So from that hour, this disciple took her…
• Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
• Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
• Leviticus 19:3Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
• Proverbs 30:11There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
• Matthew 15:4–6For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a…
• Mark 7:10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
• Deuteronomy 21:18–21If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined, his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to…

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