Proverbs 23:22 KJV
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:22, King James Version
In context
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
- 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.