Bible verse
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:22 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 23.
18 For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24 The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
25 May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
KJV
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
ASV
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
ERV
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
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