Proverbs 23:22

Translations

Modern

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Traditional

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

Literal

Listen to your father, this one begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Latin

Audi patrem tuum, qui genuit te, et ne contemnas cum senuerit mater tua.

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Hebrew

English

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Notes

Proverbs 23:22–25

Saying 16: This saying encourages seeking the wisdom that both a godly father and mother offer. Unlike other ancient Near East wisdom texts, Proverbs credits wisdom to both parents (Proverbs 1:8; 6:20).

Proverbs 22:17–24:22

This section is attributed to a group known as the wise, but their identity is unknown. There is a mention of thirty sayings (Proverbs 22:20). The wisdom sayings that follow can be divided into thirty sections. These sections are similar to an Egyptian work called the Instruction of Amenemope, which is also divided into thirty chapters.

Related verses

Proverbs 1:8
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
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.
John 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.”
Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Ephesians 6:1–2
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Deuteronomy 27:16
‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Leviticus 19:3
Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
Mark 7:10
For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
Matthew 15:4–6
For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
Deuteronomy 21:18–21
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,

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