Exodus 21:15
Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
BSB
ASV
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
KJV
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
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1 Timothy 1:9We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,
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Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
Through
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
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Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
Through
Proverbs 30:17As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
leads to
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
