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Proverbs 23:22
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:22 · American Standard Version
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Proverbs 23:22 in other translations
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
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In context
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.
20 Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will 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; Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
25 Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.
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