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Proverbs 23:22

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

KJV

Audi patrem tuum, qui genuit te, et ne contemnas cum senuerit mater tua.

Vulgate

ἄκουε, υἱέ, πατρὸς τοῦ γεννήσαντός σε, καὶ μὴ καταφρόνει ὅτι γεγήρακέν σου ἡ μήτηρ.

LXX

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

ASV

שְׁמַ֣ע לְ֭/אָבִי/ךָ זֶ֣ה יְלָדֶ֑/ךָ וְ/אַל תָּ֝ב֗וּז כִּֽי זָקְנָ֥ה אִמֶּֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
בָּז
bz
verb · 12×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
זָקֵ֔ן
zqn
verb · 27×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eph 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
  • Eph 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
  • Exod 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
  • John 19:26 — When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
  • Lev 19:3 — Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
  • Matt 15:4 — For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
  • Prov 1:8 — My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
  • Prov 6:20 — My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
  • Prov 6:20 — My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
  • Prov 15:20 — A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
  • Prov 19:26 — He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
  • Prov 30:17 — The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
  • Prov 30:17 — The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.