Proverbs 23:22
Saying 17
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Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Read Proverbs 23:22 Using 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.
What does Proverbs 23:22 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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.
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