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Proverbs 23:22
Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:22 · Webster 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 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way.
20 Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
22 Hearken to 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.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice.
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