Verse 17

Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoever curses their father or mother, their lamp will be extinguished in utter darkness.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
  • Lev 20:9-9 : 9 Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is upon him. 10 If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocks a father, that scorns obedience to a mother, will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
  • Matt 15:3-6 : 3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’ 5 But you say that if anyone declares to their father or mother, ‘What you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’ 6 they are not to honor their father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
  • Mark 7:10-11 : 10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.' 11 But you say, 'If anyone says to his father or mother, "Whatever help you might have received from me is Corban"' (that is, devoted to God),