Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,
Proverbs 23:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Hearken to your father, who begot you, and despise not your mother when she is old. American Standard Version (1901) Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old. Common English Bible Listen to your father, who gave you life; don’t despise your elderly mother. Catholic Public Domain Version Listen to your father, who conceived you. And do not despise your mother, when she is old. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hearken to thy father, that beget thee: and despise not thy mother when she is old. |
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.
As for the eye that ridicules a father and despises obedience to a mother, may ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures eat it.
My son, keep your father’s command, and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.
‘Each of you is to respect his mother and father. You are to keep my Sabbaths; I am the Lord your God.
‘You are to rise in the presence of the elderly and honour the old. Fear your God; I am the Lord.
For Moses said: Honour your father and your mother; , and Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death. ,
“The one who dishonours his father or mother is cursed.” And all the people will say, “Amen! ”