My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 23:22 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy 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. |
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
A wise son maketh a glad father: But a foolish man despiseth his mother.
There is a generation that curseth their father, And doth not bless their mother.
The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.