Deuteronomy 21:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.
  • Prov 23:19-21 : 19 Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way. 20 Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat: 21 For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
  • Prov 23:29-35 : 29 Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark? 30 Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine. 31 Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down: 32 In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake. 33 Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things. 34 Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support. 35 They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.
  • Prov 19:26 : 26 He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

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    18If 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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  • Deut 21:21
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    21Then he is to be stoned to death by all the men of the town: so you are to put away the evil from among you; and all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear.

  • Prov 23:19-22
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    19Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

    20Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:

    21For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.

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  • Prov 20:1
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    1Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

  • Hab 2:5
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    5A curse on the cruel and false one! the man full of pride, who never has enough; who makes his desires wide as the underworld! he is like death; he is never full, but he makes all nations come to him, getting all peoples together to himself.

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

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

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

  • Luke 15:13
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  • Exod 21:15
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    15Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

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

  • Isa 28:7
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    17Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

  • Exod 21:31
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  • Prov 20:20
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    20If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.

  • Hab 2:15
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  • Ezek 18:10
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  • Prov 4:17
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  • Isa 5:22
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  • Isa 51:21
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  • Eccl 10:16-17
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    16Unhappy is the land whose king is a boy, and whose rulers are feasting in the morning.

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  • Luke 15:11
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  • Deut 22:21
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    18Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

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  • Prov 31:5
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  • Deut 27:16
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  • Hos 7:14
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  • Mic 2:11
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  • Prov 23:30
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    30Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.