Proverbs 23:22

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 1:8

Listen, my son, to the discipline of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother,

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son gladdens the father. But the foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation which curses their father, and which does not bless their mother.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye of one who mocks his father and who despises the childbearing of his mother, let the ravens of the torrent tear it out, and let the sons of the eagles consume it.

Proverbs 6:20

My son, preserve the precepts of your father, and do not dismiss the law of your mother.

Leviticus 19:3

Let each one fear his father and his mother. Observe my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:32

Rise up in the presence of a gray-haired head, and honor the reputation of an elder, and fear the Lord your God. I am the Lord.

Mark 7:10

For Moses said: 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever will have cursed father or mother, let him die a death.'

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed be he who does not honor his father and mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.