22Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.


In Context

19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path.

20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat,

21 for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

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

23 Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding.

24 The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him.

Proverbs 23:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:22Hearken to thy father, that beget thee: and despise not thy mother when she is old.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:22Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:22Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:22Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:22Listen to your father that begat you, and despise not your mother when she is old.