Proverbs 30:17

American Standard Version (1901)

The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:22 : 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.
  • Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten 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 to death with stones: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
  • Deut 28:26 : 26 And thy dead body shall be food unto all birds of the heavens, and unto the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away.
  • 1 Sam 17:44 : 44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the field.
  • 2 Sam 18:9-9 : 9 And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between heaven and earth; and the mule that was under him went on. 10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
  • 2 Sam 18:14-17 : 14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. 15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him. 16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people. 17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
  • 2 Sam 21:10 : 10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured upon them from heaven; and she suffered neither the birds of the heavens to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
  • Gen 9:21-27 : 21 and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him. 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant. 27 God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.
  • Lev 20:9 : 9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 30:11
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    11There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.

  • Prov 19:26
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    26He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

  • Prov 23:22
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    22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

  • Deut 21:18-19
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    18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;

    19then 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;

  • Prov 17:5-6
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    5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; [And] he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

    6Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

  • Prov 15:20
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    20A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  • Prov 28:24
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    24Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, The same is the companion of a destroyer.

  • Prov 20:20
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    20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

  • Prov 30:18
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    18There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not:

  • Job 38:41
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    41Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, [And] wander for lack of food?

  • Deut 32:11
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    11As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, That fluttereth over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions.

  • Deut 27:16
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    16Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Prov 17:25
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    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Prov 1:8
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    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Exod 21:17
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    17And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

  • Prov 30:16
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    16Sheol; And the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.

  • Prov 29:15
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    15The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

  • Deut 28:56-57
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    56The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

    57and toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

  • Prov 6:20
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    20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Lam 4:3-4
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    3Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: The daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

    4The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

  • Matt 15:4
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    4For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

  • Lev 11:13-14
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    13And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray,

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    6If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

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    15And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

  • Prov 19:18
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    18Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

  • Job 17:5
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    5He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

  • Deut 14:12
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    12But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray,

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    1A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

  • Isa 34:15
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    15There shall the dart-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shade; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate.

  • Job 39:16
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    16She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, [she is] without fear;

  • Deut 28:54
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    54The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he hath remaining;

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    7That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it:

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    9He giveth to the beast his food, [And] to the young ravens which cry.

  • Prov 30:13
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    13There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.

  • Prov 13:24
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    24He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

  • Lev 20:9
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    9For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

  • Jer 31:29
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  • Deut 14:17
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    17and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant,

  • Mic 7:6
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    6For the son dishonoreth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

  • Job 17:2
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    2Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.

  • Prov 22:6
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    6Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Ezek 16:44
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    44Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use [this] proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

  • Prov 27:11
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    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.