Proverbs 23:22

22 audi patrem tuum qui genuit te et ne contemnas cum senuerit mater tua

Proverbs 23:22 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 23:22

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee
And who has a true and hearty affection for thee, and whatever he says is for thy good and welfare, which he studies and has at heart; and who therefore also has an authority over thee, and what he enjoins ought to be strictly regarded; and, having lived longer in the world, must be thought to have a larger experience and knowledge of things, and therefore should be hearkened unto; and despise not thy mother when she is old;
despise not her counsels, instructions, and advice, though she is old; and because she is so, do not reject them as old wives' fables, or as the silly talk of an old woman, as young men are too apt to do.

Proverbs 23:22 In-Context

20 noli esse in conviviis potatorum nec in comesationibus eorum qui carnes ad vescendum conferunt

21 quia vacantes potibus et dantes symbola consumentur et vestietur pannis dormitati

22 audi patrem tuum qui genuit te et ne contemnas cum senuerit mater tua

23 veritatem eme et noli vendere sapientiam et doctrinam et intellegentiam

24 exultat gaudio pater iusti qui sapientem genuit laetabitur in eo