Proverbs 30:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:22 : 22 Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 A generation `is', that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.
  • Deut 21:18-21 : 18 `When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious -- he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them -- 19 then laid hold on him have his father and his mother, and they have brought him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place, 20 and have said unto the elders of his city, Our son -- this one -- is apostatizing and rebellious; he is not hearkening to our voice -- a glutton and drunkard; 21 and all the men of his city have stoned him with stones, and he hath died, and thou hast put away the evil out of thy midst, and all Israel do hear and fear.
  • Deut 28:26 : 26 and thy carcase hath been for food to every fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, and there is none causing trembling.
  • 1 Sam 17:44 : 44 and the Philistine saith unto David, `Come unto me, and I give thy flesh to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the field.'
  • 2 Sam 18:9-9 : 9 And Absalom meeteth before the servants of David, and Absalom is riding on the mule, and the mule cometh in under an entangled bough of the great oak, and his head taketh hold on the oak, and he is placed between the heavens and the earth, and the mule that `is' under him hath passed on. 10 And one man seeth, and declareth to Joab, and saith, `Lo, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.'
  • 2 Sam 18:14-17 : 14 And Joab saith, `Not right -- I tarry before thee;' and he taketh three darts in his hand, and striketh them into the heart of Absalom, while he `is' alive, in the midst of the oak. 15 And they go round -- ten youths bearing weapons of Joab -- and smite Absalom, and put him to death. 16 And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and the people turneth back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab hath kept back the people; 17 and they take Absalom and cast him in the forest unto the great pit, and set up over him a very great heap of stones, and all Israel have fled -- each to his tent.
  • 2 Sam 21:10 : 10 And Rizpah daughter of Aiah taketh the sackcloth, and stretcheth it out for herself on the rock, from the commencement of harvest till water hath been poured out upon them from the heavens, and hath not suffered a fowl of the heavens to rest upon them by day, or the beast of the field by night.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.
  • Gen 9:21-27 : 21 and drinketh of the wine, and is drunken, and uncovereth himself in the midst of the tent. 22 And Ham, father of Canaan, seeth the nakedness of his father, and declareth to his two brethren without. 23 And Shem taketh -- Japheth also -- the garment, and they place on the shoulder of them both, and go backward, and cover the nakedness of their father; and their faces `are' backward, and their father's nakedness they have not seen. 24 And Noah awaketh from his wine, and knoweth that which his young son hath done to him, 25 and saith: `Cursed `is' Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.' 26 And he saith: `Blessed of Jehovah my God `is' Shem, And Canaan is servant to him. 27 God doth give beauty to Japheth, And he dwelleth in tents of Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.'
  • Lev 20:9 : 9 `For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood `is' on him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 30:11
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    11A generation `is', that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.

  • Prov 19:26
    76%

    26Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.

  • Prov 23:22
    74%

    22Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

  • Deut 21:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious -- he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them --

    19then laid hold on him have his father and his mother, and they have brought him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place,

  • Prov 17:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.

    6Sons' sons `are' the crown of old men, And the glory of sons `are' their fathers.

  • Prov 15:20
    73%

    20A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

  • Prov 28:24
    72%

    24Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.

  • Prov 20:20
    72%

    20Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

  • Prov 30:18
    72%

    18Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:

  • Job 38:41
    72%

    41Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.

  • Deut 32:11
    72%

    11As an eagle waketh up its nest, Over its young ones fluttereth, Spreadeth its wings -- taketh them, Beareth them on its pinions; --

  • Deut 27:16
    72%

    16`Cursed `is' He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

  • Prov 17:25
    71%

    25A provocation to his father `is' a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Prov 1:8
    71%

    8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

  • Exod 21:17
    71%

    17`And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

  • Prov 30:16
    71%

    16Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth -- it `is' not satisfied `with' water, And fire -- it hath not said, `Sufficiency,'

  • Prov 29:15
    70%

    15A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

  • Deut 28:56-57
    2 verses
    70%

    56`The tender woman in thee, and the delicate, who hath not tried the sole of her foot to place on the ground because of delicateness and because of tenderness -- her eye is evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter,

    57and against her seed which cometh out from between her feet, even against her sons whom she doth bear, for she doth eat them for the lacking of all things in secret, in the siege and in the straitness with which thine enemy doth straiten thee within thy gates.

  • Prov 6:20
    70%

    20Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

  • Lam 4:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3Even dragons have drawn out the breast, They have suckled their young ones, The daughter of my people is become cruel, Like the ostriches in a wilderness.

    4Cleaved hath the tongue of a suckling unto his palate with thirst, Infants asked bread, a dealer out they have none.

  • Matt 15:4
    70%

    4for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

  • Lev 11:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13`And these ye do abominate of the fowl; they are not eaten, an abomination they `are': the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

    14and the vulture, and the kite after its kind,

  • Deut 22:6
    70%

    6`When a bird's nest cometh before thee in the way, in any tree, or on the earth, brood or eggs, and the mother sitting on the brood or on the eggs, thou dost not take the mother with the young ones;

  • Exod 21:15
    70%

    15`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

  • Prov 19:18
    70%

    18Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

  • Job 17:5
    70%

    5For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.

  • Prov 15:5
    69%

    5A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

  • Deut 14:12
    69%

    12and these `are' they of which ye do not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

  • Prov 13:1
    69%

    1A wise son -- the instruction of a father, And a scorner -- he hath not heard rebuke.

  • Isa 34:15
    69%

    15There made her nest hath the bittern, Yea, she layeth, and hath hatched, And hath gathered under her shadow, Only there gathered have been vultures, Each with its companion.

  • Job 39:16
    69%

    16Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain `is' her labour without fear.

  • Deut 28:54
    69%

    54`The man who is tender in thee, and who `is' very delicate -- his eye is evil against his brother, and against the wife of his bosom, and against the remnant of his sons whom he leaveth,

  • Job 30:1
    69%

    1And now, laughed at me, Have the younger in days than I, Whose fathers I have loathed to set With the dogs of my flock.

  • Job 28:7
    69%

    7A path -- not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite,

  • Ps 147:9
    69%

    9Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.

  • Prov 30:13
    69%

    13A generation -- how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.

  • Prov 13:24
    69%

    24Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

  • Lev 20:9
    69%

    9`For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood `is' on him.

  • Jer 31:29
    69%

    29In those days they do not say any more: Fathers have eaten unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted.

  • Deut 14:17
    69%

    17and the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and the cormorant,

  • Mic 7:6
    69%

    6For a son is dishonouring a father, A daughter hath stood against her mother, A daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, The enemies of each `are' the men of his house.

  • Job 17:2
    69%

    2If not -- mockeries `are' with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth.

  • Prov 22:6
    69%

    6Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

  • Ezek 16:44
    68%

    44Lo, every one using a simile, Doth use a simile concerning thee, saying: As the mother -- her daughter!

  • Prov 27:11
    68%

    11Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.