Proverbs 23:22 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²²Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Proverbs 23:22 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 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.
Proverbs 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Ephesians 6:1-2
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. …
John 19:26-27
When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! …
Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 19-28)

Here is good advice for parents to give to their children; words are put into their mouths, that they may train them up in the way they should go. Here we have, I. An earnest call to young people to attend to the advice of their godly parents, not only to this that is here given, but to all other profitable instructions: “ Here, my son, and be wise, Prov. 23:19. This will be an evidence that thou…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 22)

22. Hearken--that is, obey (Pr 1:8; Ep 6:1). despise ... old--Adults revere the parents whom, as children, they once obeyed.