Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
BSB
ASV
There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.
KJV
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
As the teacher had uttered what he most desired, so now he tells what he most abhorred; and in true-harmony with the teaching of the Ten Commandments places in the foremost rank those who rise against the Fifth.
Four kinds of hateful persons--(1) graceless children, (2) hypocrites, (3) the proud, (4) cruel oppressors (compare on Pr 30:14; 52:2) --are now illustrated;
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
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
leads to
Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
As 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.
They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
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,
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Through
Exodus 21:17Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
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Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
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Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
