Catholic Public Domain Version
"Listen to your father, who conceived you. And do not despise your mother, when she is old. "
— Proverbs 23:22, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.”
“Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old. ”
“Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.”
“Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.”
“Hearken to thy father, that begot thee: and despise not thy mother when she is old.”
“Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.”
“Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.”
Listen, my son, and be wise, and direct your soul along the way.
Do not be willing to be in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in the carousings of those who gather to feed on flesh.
For those who waste time drinking, and who surrender themselves to symbols, will be consumed. And those who sleep will be clothed in rags.
Listen to your father, who conceived you. And do not despise your mother, when she is old.
Purchase truth, and do not sell wisdom, or doctrine, or understanding.
The father of the just exults in gladness; he who has conceived the wise will rejoice in him.
Let your father and your mother be joyful, and may she who conceived you exult.