Proverbs 23:22
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 1:8 : 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
- Prov 6:20 : 20 ¶ My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
- Deut 21:18-21 : 18 ¶ If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and [that], when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son [is] stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; [he is] a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
- Prov 30:17 : 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.
- John 19:26-27 : 26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, ‹Woman, behold thy son!› 27 Then saith he to the disciple, ‹Behold thy mother!› And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own [home].
- Eph 6:1-2 : 1 ¶ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
- Lev 19:3 : 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I [am] the LORD your God.
- Matt 15:4-6 : 4 ‹For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.› 5 ‹But ye say, Whosoever shall say to› [his] ‹father or› [his] ‹mother,› [It is] ‹a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;› 6 ‹And honour not his father or his mother,› [he shall be free]. ‹Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.›
- Mark 7:10 : 10 ‹For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:›
- Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Prov 30:11 : 11 [There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
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8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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20 ¶ My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie them about thy neck.
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12 ¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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23 Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
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26 ¶ He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his] mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
27 ¶ Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.
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16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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6 ¶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
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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.
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18 ¶ If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and [that], when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
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16 Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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19 ¶ Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
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11 ¶ My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
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20 ¶ Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
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25 ¶ A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
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1 ¶ My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:
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19 ‹Honour thy father and› [thy] ‹mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.›
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8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
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5 ¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
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10 ¶ Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
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7 ¶ Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
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1 ¶ My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
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24 ¶ Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, [It is] no transgression; the same [is] the companion of a destroyer.
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20 ¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
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6 ¶ Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers.
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15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
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21 Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be discouraged.
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17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
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12 ¶ Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
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10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
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18 ¶ Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
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1 ¶ A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
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7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she [is] thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
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10 ‹For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:›
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7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
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1 ¶ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.