Deuteronomy 21:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:

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  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
  • Lev 21:9 : 9 And if the daughter of a priest makes herself common and by her loose behaviour puts shame on her father, let her be burned with fire.
  • Deut 8:5 : 5 Keep in mind this thought, that as a son is trained by his father, so you have been trained by the Lord your God.
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.
  • 2 Sam 7:14 : 14 I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men;
  • Prov 1:8 : 8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:
  • Prov 13:24 : 24 He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.
  • Prov 15:5 : 5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.
  • Prov 19:18 : 18 Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.
  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.
  • Prov 23:13-14 : 13 Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him. 14 Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.
  • Prov 28:24 : 24 He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.
  • Isa 1:2 : 2 Give ear, O heavens, and you, O earth, to the word which the Lord has said: I have taken care of my children till they became men, but their hearts have been turned away from me.
  • Isa 1:5 : 5 Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back.
  • Jer 31:18 : 18 Certainly Ephraim's words of grief have come to my ears, You have given me training and I have undergone it like a young cow unused to the yoke: let me be turned and come back, for you are the Lord my God.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.
  • Ezek 24:13 : 13 As for your unclean purpose: because I have been attempting to make you clean, but you have not been made clean from it, you will not be made clean till I have let loose my passion on you in full measure.
  • Amos 4:11-12 : 11 And I have sent destruction among you, as when God sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick pulled out of the fire: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord. 12 So this is what I will do to you, O Israel: and because I will do this to you, be ready for a meeting with your God, O Israel.
  • Eph 6:1-3 : 1 Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward), 3 So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth.
  • Heb 12:9-9 : 9 And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life? 10 For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is. 11 At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.
  • Exod 21:15 : 15 Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.
  • Exod 21:17 : 17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

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  • Deut 21:19-20
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    19 Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;

    20 And say to them, This son of ours is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, he will not give attention to us; he gives himself up to pleasure and strong drink.

  • Prov 19:18-19
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    18 Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

    19 A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.

  • Prov 19:26-27
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    26 He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

    27 A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 13:24
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    24 He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

  • Prov 17:25
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    25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

  • Heb 12:5-8
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    5 And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;

    6 For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.

    7 It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father?

    8 But if you have not that punishment of which we all have our part, then you are not true sons, but children of shame.

  • Prov 15:20
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    20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

  • Deut 21:15-17
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    15 If a man has two wives, one greatly loved and the other hated, and the two of them have had children by him; and if the first son is the child of the hated wife:

    16 Then when he gives his property to his sons for their heritage, he is not to put the son of his loved one in the place of the first son, the son of the hated wife:

    17 But he is to give his first son his birthright, and twice as great a part of his property: for he is the first-fruits of his strength and the right of the first son is his.

  • Ezek 18:14
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    14 Now if he has a son who sees all his father's sins which he has done, and in fear does not do the same:

  • Prov 23:13-14
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    13 Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

    14 Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.

  • Exod 21:15
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    15 Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

  • Exod 21:17
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    17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

  • Prov 3:11-12
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    11 My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

    12 For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

  • Prov 13:1
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  • Prov 30:11
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    11 There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.

  • Ezek 18:10
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    10 If he has a son who is a thief, a taker of life, who does any of these things,

  • Prov 1:8
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    8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Prov 22:6
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    6 If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

  • Prov 29:17
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    17 Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.

  • Prov 6:20
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    20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

  • Prov 23:22
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    22 Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

  • Col 3:21
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    21 Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.

  • Exod 21:31
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    31 If the death of a son or of a daughter has been caused, the punishment is to be in agreement with this rule.

  • Gen 27:8
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    8 Now, my son, do what I say.

  • Eph 6:4
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    4 And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

  • Prov 20:20
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    20 If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.

  • Prov 30:17
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    17 The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21 He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

  • Prov 29:21
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    21 If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.

  • Prov 19:13
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    13 A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15 Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

  • 2 Sam 7:14
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    14 I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men;

  • 1 Sam 12:15
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    15 But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord, but go against his orders, then the hand of the Lord will be against you and against your king for your destruction, as it was against your fathers.

  • Prov 10:1
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    1 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

  • Luke 15:11
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    11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:

  • Deut 27:16
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    16 Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Deut 8:5
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    5 Keep in mind this thought, that as a son is trained by his father, so you have been trained by the Lord your God.

  • Prov 17:2
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    2 A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

  • Hos 13:13
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    13 The pains of a woman in childbirth will come on him: he is an unwise son, for at this time it is not right for him to keep his place when children come to birth.