Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Proverbs 23:22 in English Standard Version "Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old." Pr 1:8 Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, Pr 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.