Proverbs 23:22
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:22 in other translations
| BSB | Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. |
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| WEB | Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old. |
| ASV | Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old. |
| YLT | Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old. |
| DARBY | Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. |
| BBE | Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old. |
| Webster | Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. |
What does Proverbs 23:22 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 23:19-28
The gracious Saviour who purchased pardon and peace for his people, with all the affection of a tender parent, counsels us to hear and be wise, and is ready to guide our hearts in his way. Here we have an earnest call to young people, to attend to the advice of their godly parents. If the heart be guided, the steps will be guided. Buy the truth, and sell it not; be willing to part with any thing for it. Do not part…
Proverbs 23:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 23:22
- 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.
- 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! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
- Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
- Ephesians 6:1-2
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
- Deuteronomy 27:16
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Mark 7:10
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
- Leviticus 19:3
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
- Deuteronomy 21:18-21
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
- 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. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
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Context
- Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
- Proverbs 23:22
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
- Proverbs 23:23
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Proverbs 23:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Oye á tu padre, á aquel que te engendró; y cuando tu madre envejeciere, no la menosprecies. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Écoute ton père qui t’a engendré, et ne méprise pas ta mère quand elle aura vieilli. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Höre auf deinen Vater, der dich gezeugt hat, und verachte deine Mutter nicht, wenn sie alt geworden ist. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Audi patrem tuum, qui genuit te, et ne contemnas cum senuerit mater tua. |