Verse 22

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 1:8 : 8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,
  • Prov 6:20 : 20 Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.
  • Deut 21:18-21 : 18 `When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious -- he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them -- 19 then laid hold on him have his father and his mother, and they have brought him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place, 20 and have said unto the elders of his city, Our son -- this one -- is apostatizing and rebellious; he is not hearkening to our voice -- a glutton and drunkard; 21 and all the men of his city have stoned him with stones, and he hath died, and thou hast put away the evil out of thy midst, and all Israel do hear and fear.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.
  • John 19:26-27 : 26 Jesus, therefore, having seen `his' mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he was loving, he saith to his mother, `Woman, lo, thy son;' 27 afterward he saith to the disciple, `Lo, thy mother;' and from that hour the disciple took her to his own `home'.
  • Eph 6:1-2 : 1 The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; 2 honour thy father and mother,
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 `Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I `am' Jehovah your God.
  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death; 5 but ye say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering `is' whatever thou mayest be profited by me; -- 6 and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition.
  • Mark 7:10 : 10 for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 `Cursed `is' He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 A generation `is', that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.