Selah · Bible verse
Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
In context
20Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:
21for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
22Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
23Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
24The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
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In other languages
日本語 · 箴言 23:22 · 口語訳聖書あなたを生んだ父のいうことを聞き、年老いた母を軽んじてはならない。한국어 · 잠언 23:22 · 개역한글너 낳은 아비에게 청종하고 네 늙은 어미를 경히 여기지 말지니라Español · Proverbios 23:22 · Reina-Valera (1909)Oye á tu padre, á aquel que te engendró; y cuando tu madre envejeciere, no la menosprecies.Português · Provérbios 23:22 · Bíblia Livre (2018)Ouve a teu pai, que te gerou; e não desprezes a tua mãe, quando ela envelhecer.
