Proverbs 23:22 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² Hearken to your father, who begot you, and despise not your mother when she is old.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²² Listen to your father, who gave you life; don’t despise your elderly mother.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² Listen to your father, who conceived you. And do not despise your mother, when she is old.

Proverbs 23:22 Cross References

Proverbs 30:17

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.

Proverbs 1:8

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

Proverbs 6:20

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Leviticus 19:3

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation that curseth their father, And doth not bless their mother.

Leviticus 19:32

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.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son maketh a glad father: But a foolish man despiseth his mother.