22Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't 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 Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

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

23 Buy the truth, and don't sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

24 The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:22Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your 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 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.