Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Listen to your father--he who {gave you life}, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Holman Bible
and don’t despise your mother when
International Standard Version
Listen to the one who fathered you, and don't despise your mother in her old age.
American Standard Version
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
Amplified
Listen to your father, who sired you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
Bible in Basic English
Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.
Darby Translation
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Julia Smith Translation
Hear to thy father that begat thee, and thou shalt not despise thy mother when growing old.
King James 2000
Hearken unto your father that begat you, and despise not your mother when she is old.
Modern King James verseion
Listen to your father who sired you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Give ear unto thy father that begat thee; and despise not thy mother when she is old.
NET Bible
Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
New Heart English Bible
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
The Emphasized Bible
Hearken to thy father here, who begat thee, and despise not, when she is old, thy mother.
Webster
Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
World English Bible
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.
Youngs Literal Translation
Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.
Themes
Children » Dishonouring parents » Filial obedience encouraged
Children » What children should do
Contempt » Forbidden towards » Parents
Despisement » Who not to despise
Obedience » Filial » Filial obedience encouraged
Old age » Disrespect for pleasure-seeking » To be honoured
Parents » Honoring your parents
Parents » Examples of fathers' love » Obedience to
Parents » Duty to » Filial obedience encouraged
Social duties » Parental parental duties » Reverence for aged, general references to
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Proverbs 23:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Learning From Your Father
21 For the drunkard and gluttonous, they will become poor, and [with] rags, drowsiness will clothe them 22 Listen to your father--he who {gave you life}, and do not despise your mother when she is old. 23 Buy truth and do not sell [it], wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 1:8
My child, may you keep your father's instruction, and do not reject your mother's teachings,
Proverbs 30:17
The eye [that] mocks a father and scorns the obedience of a mother-- the ravens of the valley will peck it out, and the offspring of vultures will eat it.
Ephesians 6:1-2
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Leviticus 19:3
Each [of you] must revere your mother and your father, and you must keep my Sabbaths; I [am] Yahweh your God.
Deuteronomy 21:18-21
"{If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son} [who] {does not listen to} the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother, and they discipline him, and he does not obey them,
Deuteronomy 27:16
'Cursed be the one who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all of the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Proverbs 6:20
My child, keep [the] commandment of your father, and do not disregard [the] instruction of your mother.
Proverbs 30:11
[There is] a generation [that] will curse its father, and its mother it will not bless.
Matthew 15:4-6
For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother {must certainly die}.'
Mark 7:10
For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother {must certainly die}.'
John 19:26-27
So Jesus, seeing [his] mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, said to [his] mother, "Woman, behold your son!"