Proverbs 23:22-25·~1 min
Saying 17
The hearer must listen to father and not despise an aged mother, while investing in truth, wisdom, discipline, and understanding rather than letting them go. Such wisdom makes parents rejoice and fills the household with gladness.
L22isten to your father who gave you life, 23Invest in truth and never sell it— 24The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, 25May your father and mother be glad,
Section summaryThe seventeenth saying calls the son to honor father and mother, buy truth and wisdom at any cost, and live so as to give parents deep rejoicing. It presents filial listening and commitment to truth as inseparable, showing that family joy is bound up with moral seriousness.
Role in the chapterThis section functions as a call to filial fidelity and moral investment. Its work is to bind the pursuit of truth to the honoring of those who gave life.