Proverbs 23:22

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Proverbs 1:8

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and reject not your mother’s teaching;

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son gives his father joy, but a fool despises his mother.

Proverbs 30:11

There are some who curse their fathers, and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father, or scorns the homage due a mother, Will be plucked out by brook ravens; devoured by a brood of vultures.

Proverbs 6:20

Observe, my son, your father’s command, and do not reject your mother’s teaching;

Leviticus 19:3

Each of you revere your mother and father, and keep my sabbaths. I, the Lord, am your God.

Leviticus 19:32

Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the old, and fear your God. I am the Lord.

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘Whoever curses father or mother shall die.’

Deuteronomy 27:16

“Cursed be anyone who dishonors father or mother!” And all the people shall answer, “Amen!”