Proverbs 23:22-25

Words of the Wise

22 c Listen to your father who gave you life,
d and do not despise your mother when she is old.
 23 e Buy truth, and do not sell it;
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
 24 f The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
 25 f Let your father and mother be glad;
let g her who bore you rejoice.

  1. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:8
    Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
  2. Cross References
    Proverbs 30:17
    The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
  3. Cross References
    Proverbs 4:5
    Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
    Proverbs 4:7
    The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.
    Proverbs 18:15
    An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
    Matthew 13:44
    The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
  4. Cross References
    Proverbs 23:15
    My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.
    Proverbs 29:3
    He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
  5. Cross References
    Proverbs 23:24
    The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
  6. Cross References
    Proverbs 17:25
    A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
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