Amsal 23:22-23

23:22 Listen to your father who begot you,

and do not despise your mother when she is old.

23:23 Acquire ¹  truth and do not sell it –

wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.

[23:23]  ¹ tn Heb “buy” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NLT); CEV “Invest in truth.”

[23:23]  sn The sixteenth saying is an instruction to buy/acquire the kind of life that pleases God and brings joy to parents. “Getting truth” would mean getting training in the truth, and getting wisdom and understanding would mean developing the perception and practical knowledge of the truth.