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Proverbs 23:22 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 23 · verse 22
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.Proverbs 23:22 · King James Version
Proverbs 23:22 in context
20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Hearkenshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- despisebûwzto disrespectH936 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- motherʼêma motherH517 →
- begatyâladto bear youngH3205 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-28