Proverbs 23:22

The English Standar Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 1:8

Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching,

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 30:11

There are those[3] who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.

Proverbs 6:20

My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.

Leviticus 19:3

Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 19:32

"You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.'

Deuteronomy 27:16

" 'Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'