Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 23:22
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Berean Standard Bible
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
King James Version
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
World English Bible
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
American Standard Version
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 23
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.
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