Deuteronomy 27:16
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Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
In other translations
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Leviticus 19:3Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
- Exodus 21:17And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
- Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 21:18-2118 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.18 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, 19 his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown, 20 and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.” 21 Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
- Proverbs 30:11-1711 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. 13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. 14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.11 There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers. 12 There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth. 13 There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances— 14 there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
- Matthew 15:4-64 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; 6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ 5 But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’ 6 he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
- Ezekiel 22:7In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
- Leviticus 20:9For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.
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