Sirach 3:8-10

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁸ Honor your father by word and deed,
    that his blessing may come upon you.
⁹ For a father’s blessing strengthens the houses of the children,
    but a mother’s curse uproots their foundations.
¹⁰ Do not glorify yourself by dishonoring your father,
    for your father’s dishonor is no glory to you.