Bible in Basic English
"Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old."
— Proverbs 23:22, Bible in Basic English
“Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.”
Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.
Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:
For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.
Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.
Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.