Sirach 3:9-14 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

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.

14. Son, support your father in his old age, and do not grieve him in his life.

Sirach 3