Proverbi 23:22

22 Da’ retta a tuo padre che t’ha generato, e non disprezzar tua madre quando sarà vecchia.

Proverbi 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.

Proverbi 23:22 In-Context

20 Non esser di quelli che son bevitori di vino, che son ghiotti mangiatori di carne;

21 ché il beone ed il ghiotto impoveriranno e i dormiglioni n’andran vestiti di cenci

22 Da’ retta a tuo padre che t’ha generato, e non disprezzar tua madre quando sarà vecchia.

23 Acquista verità e non la vendere, acquista sapienza, istruzione e intelligenza.

24 Il padre del giusto esulta grandemente; chi ha generato un savio, ne avrà gioia.