Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and reject not your mother's teaching;
Proverbs 23:22 - Revised Standard Version Hearken to your father who begot you, and do not 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. |
Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and reject not your mother's teaching;
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
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.
My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
“You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die’;
“ ‘Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’