Proverbs 20:20

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 21:17 : 17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 [There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
  • Lev 20:9 : 9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood [shall be] upon him.
  • Matt 15:4 : 4 ‹For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.›
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 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.
  • Prov 24:20 : 20 For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
  • Exod 20:12 : 12 ¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Job 18:5-6 : 5 ¶ Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. 6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
  • Job 18:18 : 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
  • Prov 13:9 : 9 ¶ The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
  • Matt 22:13 : 13 ‹Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast› [him] ‹into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.›
  • Matt 25:8 : 8 ‹And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.›
  • Mark 7:10-13 : 10 ‹For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:› 11 ‹But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother,› [It is] ‹Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;› [he shall be free]. 12 ‹And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;› 13 ‹Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.›
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 21:17
    82%

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

  • Lev 20:9
    82%

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

  • Deut 27:16
    81%

    16Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Prov 30:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10¶ Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

    11[There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

  • Prov 20:21
    78%

    21¶ An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    77%

    26¶ He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his] mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

    27¶ Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Exod 21:15
    76%

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

  • Matt 15:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4‹For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.›

    5‹But ye say, Whosoever shall say to› [his] ‹father or› [his] ‹mother,› [It is] ‹a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;›

  • Prov 24:20
    75%

    20For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Job 18:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5¶ Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

    6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

  • Mark 7:10
    74%

    10‹For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:›

  • Prov 6:20
    74%

    20¶ My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Prov 15:20
    73%

    20¶ A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  • Prov 28:24
    73%

    24¶ Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, [It is] no transgression; the same [is] the companion of a destroyer.

  • Deut 21:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18¶ If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and [that], when they have chastened 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;

  • Exod 20:12
    73%

    12¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

  • Prov 23:22
    72%

    22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

  • Prov 30:17
    72%

    17The 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.

  • Lev 24:15
    72%

    15And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.

  • Ps 50:20
    71%

    20Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

  • Prov 19:18
    71%

    18¶ Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

  • Job 18:18
    71%

    18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

  • Deut 27:20
    70%

    20Cursed [be] he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Prov 13:9
    70%

    9¶ The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Deut 5:16
    70%

    16Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

  • Lev 20:14
    70%

    14And if a man take a wife and her mother, it [is] wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

  • Prov 20:19
    69%

    19¶ He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

  • Prov 13:24
    69%

    24¶ He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

  • Prov 1:8
    69%

    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Job 20:26
    69%

    26All darkness [shall be] hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

  • Jer 20:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14¶ Cursed [be] the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

    15Cursed [be] the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

  • Deut 28:20
    69%

    20The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

  • Prov 17:25
    69%

    25¶ A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Lev 20:11
    69%

    11And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them.

  • Deut 27:23
    69%

    23Cursed [be] he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Prov 17:20-21
    2 verses
    69%

    20¶ He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

    21¶ He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

  • Ps 49:19
    69%

    19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

  • Job 21:17
    69%

    17¶ How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and [how oft] cometh their destruction upon them! [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger.

  • Deut 28:18
    69%

    18Cursed [shall be] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

  • Prov 17:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5¶ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

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  • Prov 29:24
    68%

    24¶ Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth [it] not.