Sirach 3:14-16

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Taking care of one’s father
won’t be forgotten.
    It will be credited to you
    against your sins.
¹⁵ When you are in trouble,
this will be recalled about you;
    like frost warmed by sunshine,
    so your sins will melt away.
¹⁶ Those who abandon their fathers
are like blasphemers,
    and those who anger their mothers
    have been cursed by the Lord.