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Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:22 · New Heart English Bible
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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 Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!
20 Do not be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:
21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and do not sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
25 Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
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