Proverbs 23:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

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  • Prov 1:8 : 8 My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother;
  • Prov 6:20 : 20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake the law of your mother:
  • Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them, 19 Then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place; 20 And they shall say to 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 may die: so shall you put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear and fear.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocks his father and despises 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 saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing by, he said to his mother, Woman, behold your son! 27 Then he said to the disciple, Behold your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
  • Eph 6:1-2 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise;
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 You shall respect 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, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die. 5 But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me; 6 And does not honor his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have you made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.
  • Mark 7:10 : 10 For Moses said, Honor your father and your mother; and, Whoever curses father or mother, let him be put to death.
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 1:8
    81%

    8My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother;

  • Prov 6:20-21
    2 verses
    81%

    20My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake the law of your mother:

    21Bind them continually upon your heart, and tie them around your neck.

  • Prov 15:20
    77%

    20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

  • Exod 20:12
    77%

    12Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Prov 23:23-26
    4 verses
    77%

    23Buy the truth, and do not sell it, also wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

    24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise child shall have joy of him.

    25Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she who bore you shall rejoice.

    26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    77%

    26He who wastes his father, and chases away his mother, is a son who causes shame, and brings reproach.

    27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Deut 5:16
    77%

    16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

  • Prov 22:6
    76%

    6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

  • Prov 30:11
    76%

    11There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.

  • Prov 30:17
    74%

    17The eye that mocks his father and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

  • Deut 21:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them,

    19Then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place;

  • Deut 27:16
    74%

    16Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Prov 23:19
    74%

    19Hear, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.

  • Matt 15:4
    73%

    4For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die.

  • Prov 4:1
    73%

    1Listen, you children, to the instruction of a father, and pay attention to gain understanding.

  • Prov 27:11
    73%

    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may have an answer for him who reproaches me.

  • Prov 20:20
    72%

    20Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.

  • Lev 19:32
    72%

    32You shall rise before the gray-headed, and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD.

  • Prov 17:25
    72%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

  • Eph 6:2-4
    3 verses
    72%

    2Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise;

    3That it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.

    4And, you fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

  • Prov 5:1
    72%

    1My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my understanding:

  • Matt 19:19
    72%

    19Honor your father and your mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

  • Gen 27:8
    72%

    8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to what I command you.

  • Prov 15:5
    72%

    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 23:10
    72%

    10Do not remove the ancient landmark, and do not enter the fields of the fatherless:

  • Deut 32:7
    72%

    7Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

  • Prov 3:1
    72%

    1My son, do not forget my law; but let your heart keep my commandments:

  • Prov 28:24
    72%

    24Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, It is no transgression, is a companion of a destroyer.

  • Prov 4:20
    72%

    20My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

  • Prov 17:6
    72%

    6Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

  • Exod 21:15
    71%

    15And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Col 3:21
    71%

    21Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, lest they become discouraged.

  • Exod 21:17
    71%

    17And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Prov 23:12
    71%

    12Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 4:10
    71%

    10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life will be many.

  • Prov 19:18
    71%

    18Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not spare for his crying.

  • Prov 13:1
    71%

    1A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

  • Lev 18:7
    71%

    7The nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover: she is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

  • Mark 7:10
    71%

    10For Moses said, Honor your father and your mother; and, Whoever curses father or mother, let him be put to death.

  • Prov 5:7
    71%

    7Hear me now therefore, O children, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 10:1
    71%

    1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.