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Proverbs 23:22

Hearken to thy father, that beget thee: and despise not thy mother when she is old.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
Audi patrem tuum, qui genuit te, et ne contemnas cum senuerit mater tua.
Septuagint (Swete)
ἄκουε, υἱέ, πατρὸς τοῦ γεννήσαντός σε, καὶ μὴ καταφρόνει ὅτι γεγήρακέν σου ἡ μήτηρ.
Hebrew (WLC)
שְׁמַ֣ע לְ֭אָבִיךָ זֶ֣ה יְלָדֶ֑ךָ וְאַל תָּ֝ב֗וּז כִּֽי זָקְנָ֥ה אִמֶּֽךָ