Proverbs 30:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:22 : 22 Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.
  • 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.
  • Deut 28:26 : 26 Your bodies will be meat for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth; there will be no one to send them away.
  • 1 Sam 17:44 : 44 And the Philistine said to David, Come here to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.
  • 2 Sam 18:9-9 : 9 And Absalom came across some of David's men. And Absalom was seated on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great tree, and his head became fixed in the tree and he was lifted up between earth and heaven, and the beast under him went on. 10 And a certain man saw it and said to Joab, I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.
  • 2 Sam 18:14-17 : 14 Then Joab said, I would have made it safe for you. And he took three spears in his hand, and put them through Absalom's heart, while he was still living, in the branches of the tree. 15 And ten young men, servants of Joab, came round Absalom and put an end to him. 16 And Joab had the horn sounded, and the people came back from going after Israel, for Joab kept them back. 17 And they took Absalom's body and put it into a great hole in the wood, and put a great mass of stones over it: and every man of Israel went in flight to his tent.
  • 2 Sam 21:10 : 10 And Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, took haircloth, placing it on the rock as a bed for herself, from the start of the grain-cutting till rain came down on them from heaven; and she did not let the birds of the air come near them by day, or the beasts of the field by night.
  • 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.
  • Gen 9:21-27 : 21 And he took of the wine of it and was overcome by drink; and he was uncovered in his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father unclothed, and gave news of it to his two brothers outside. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a robe, and putting it on their backs went in with their faces turned away, and put it over their father so that they might not see him unclothed. 24 And, awaking from his wine, Noah saw what his youngest son had done to him, and he said, 25 Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers. 26 And he said, Praise to the Lord, the God of Shem; let Canaan be his servant. 27 May God make Japheth great, and let his living-place be in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.
  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Prov 19:26
    76%

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

  • Prov 23:22
    74%

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

  • Deut 21:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    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:

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

  • Prov 17:5-6
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    73%

    5Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.

    6Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

  • 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 28:24
    72%

    24He 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 20:20
    72%

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

  • Prov 30:18
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    18There are three things, the wonder of which overcomes me, even four things outside my knowledge:

  • Deut 32:11
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    11As an eagle, teaching her young to make their flight, with her wings outstretched over them, takes them up on her strong feathers:

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

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

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

  • Prov 30:16
    71%

    16The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough.

  • Prov 29:15
    70%

    15The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.

  • Deut 28:56-57
    2 verses
    70%

    56The most soft and delicate of your women, who would not so much as put her foot on the earth, so delicate is she, will be hard-hearted to her husband and to her son and to her daughter;

    57And to her baby newly come to birth, and to the children of her body; for having no other food, she will make a meal of them secretly, because of her bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.

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

  • Lam 4:3-4
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    70%

    3Even the beasts of the waste land have full breasts, they give milk to their young ones: the daughter of my people has become cruel like the ostriches in the waste land.

    4The tongue of the child at the breast is fixed to the roof of his mouth for need of drink: the young children are crying out for bread, and no man gives it to them.

  • Matt 15:4
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    4For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.

  • Lev 11:13-14
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    13And among birds these are to be disgusting to you, and not to be used for food: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray;

    14And the kite and the falcon, and birds of that sort;

  • Deut 22:6
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    6If by chance you see a place which a bird has made for itself in a tree or on the earth, with young ones or eggs, and the mother bird seated on the young ones or on the eggs, do not take the mother bird with the young:

  • 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.

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

  • Job 17:5
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    5As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children.

  • Prov 15:5
    69%

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

  • Deut 14:12
    69%

    12But these birds you may not take: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray;

  • Prov 13:1
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    1A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

  • Isa 34:15
    69%

    15The arrowsnake will make her hole and put her eggs there, and get her young together under her shade: there the hawks will come together by twos.

  • Job 39:16
    69%

    16Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

  • Deut 28:54
    69%

    54That man among you who is soft and used to comfort will be hard and cruel to his brother, and to his dear wife, and to of those his children who are still living;

  • Job 30:1
    69%

    1But now those who are younger than I make sport of me; those whose fathers I would not have put with the dogs of my flocks.

  • Job 28:7
    69%

    7No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it.

  • Ps 147:9
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    9He gives food to every beast, and to the young ravens in answer to their cry.

  • Prov 30:13
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    13There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!

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

  • Lev 20:9
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    9Every 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.

  • Jer 31:29
    69%

    29In those days they will no longer say, The fathers have been tasting bitter grapes and the children's teeth are put on edge.

  • Deut 14:17
    69%

    17And the pelican and the vulture and the cormorant;

  • Mic 7:6
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    6For the son puts shame on his father, the daughter goes against her mother and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's haters are those of his family.

  • Job 17:2
    69%

    2Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.

  • Prov 22:6
    69%

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

  • Ezek 16:44
    68%

    44See, in every common saying about you it will be said, As the mother is, so is her daughter.

  • Prov 27:11
    68%

    11My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.