Hear, my child, your father’s instruction, and do not reject your mother’s teaching,
Proverbs 23:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Hearken to your father, who begot you, and despise not your mother when she is old. American Standard Version (1901) Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old. Common English Bible Listen to your father, who gave you life; don’t despise your elderly mother. Catholic Public Domain Version Listen to your father, who conceived you. And do not despise your mother, when she is old. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hearken to thy father, that beget thee: and despise not thy mother when she is old. |
Hear, my child, your father’s instruction, and do not reject your mother’s teaching,
A wise child makes a glad father, but the foolish despise their mothers.
The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
My child, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
You shall each revere your mother and father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
“You shall rise before the aged and defer to the old, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’
“ ‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors father or mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’