Proverbs 23:22

Bible in Basic English 1965

Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:8

My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.

Proverbs 6:20

My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

Leviticus 19:3

Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:32

Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.