Deuteronomy 27:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 21:17 : 17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Deut 21:18-21 : 18 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: 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. 21 Then 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 30:11-17 : 11 There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother. 12 There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways. 13 There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up! 14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men. 15 The night-spirit has two daughters, Give, give. There are three things which are never full, even four which never say, Enough: 16 The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough. 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.
  • Lev 20:9 : 9 Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.
  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death. 5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God; 6 There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 27:17-26
    10 verses
    85%

    17 Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's landmark from its place. And let all the people say, So be it.

    18 Cursed is he by whom the blind are turned out of the way. And let all the people say, So be it.

    19 Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

    20 Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.

    21 Cursed is he who has sex relations with any sort of beast. And let all the people say, So be it.

    22 Cursed is he who has sex relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

    23 Cursed is he who has sex relations with his mother-in-law. And let all the people say, So be it.

    24 Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's life secretly. And let all the people say, So be it.

    25 Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it.

    26 Cursed is he who does not take this law to heart to do it. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Deut 27:15
    83%

    15 Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Exod 21:17
    83%

    17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

  • Lev 20:9
    82%

    9 Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.

  • Prov 30:11
    81%

    11 There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.

  • Prov 20:20
    81%

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

  • Matt 15:4-6
    3 verses
    80%

    4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.

    5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

    6 There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.

  • Mark 7:10-12
    3 verses
    79%

    10 For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:

    11 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God,

    12 You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother;

  • Exod 21:15
    78%

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

  • Lev 24:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14 Take the curser outside the tent-circle; and let all in whose hearing the words were said put their hands on his head, and let him be stoned by all the people.

    15 And say to the children of Israel, As for any man cursing God, his sin will be on his head.

  • Deut 5:16
    76%

    16 Give honour to your father and your mother, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God; so that your life may be long and all may be well for you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Prov 19:26
    76%

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

  • Exod 20:12
    75%

    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.

  • Jer 11:3
    75%

    3 The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Let that man be cursed who does not give ear to the words of this agreement,

  • Gen 27:13
    74%

    13 And his mother said, Let the curse be on me, my son: only do as I say, and go and get them for me.

  • Deut 28:16-20
    5 verses
    74%

    16 You will be cursed in the town and cursed in the field.

    17 A curse will be on your basket and on your bread-basin.

    18 A curse will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.

    19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.

    20 The Lord will send on you cursing and trouble and punishment in everything to which you put your hand, till sudden destruction overtakes you; because of your evil ways in which you have been false to me.

  • Prov 28:24
    74%

    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 23:22
    74%

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

  • Eph 6:2
    73%

    2 Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),

  • Prov 6:20
    73%

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

  • Matt 19:19
    73%

    19 Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • Deut 21:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18 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:

    19 Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;

  • Exod 22:28
    72%

    28 You may not say evil of the judges, or put a curse on the ruler of your people.

  • Jer 20:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 A curse on the day of my birth: let there be no blessing on the day when my mother had me.

    15 A curse on the man who gave the news to my father, saying, You have a male child; making him very glad.

  • Prov 30:17
    72%

    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.

  • Jas 3:9
    71%

    9 With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.

  • Jer 48:10
    71%

    10 Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.

  • Gen 27:29
    71%

    29 Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.

  • Deut 33:9
    71%

    9 Who said of his father, Who is he? and of his mother, I have not seen her; he kept himself separate from his brothers and had no knowledge of his children: for they have given ear to your word and kept your agreement.