Proverbs 23:22 · KJV
“Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.”
— Proverbs 23:22
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe {a man} with rags.
Buy the truth, and sell {it} not; {also} wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Proverbs 23 — Context
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: {of flesh: Heb. of their flesh}
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe {a man} with rags.
22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23Buy the truth, and sell {it} not; {also} wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise {child} shall have joy of him.
Cross References
Proverbs 30:17
The eye {that} mocketh at {his} father, and despiseth to obey {his} mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. {the valley: or, the brook}
Proverbs 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
John 19:26-27
When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
Ephesians 6:1-2
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Deuteronomy 27:16
Cursed {be} he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Proverbs 30:11
{There is} a generation {that} curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
Matthew 15:4-6
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.