Catholic Public Domain Version

Sirach 3:8-13 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

8. He who fears the Lord honors his parents, and he will serve them as masters, for it is they who conceived him.

9. In word and deed, and in all things, honor your father with patience,

10. so that a blessing may come to you from him, and so that his blessing may remain to the very end.

11. The blessing of the father strengthens the houses of the sons; but the curse of the mother uproots even its foundation.

12. Do not boast in the disgrace of your father; for his shame is not your glory.

13. For the glory of a man is from the honor of his father, and a father without honor is a discredit to the son.