Proverbs 30:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁷ As for the eye that ridicules a father and despises obedience to a mother, may ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures eat it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley will pick it out, and the young vultures will devour it. [Lev. 20:9; Prov. 20:20; 23:22.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ An eye that mocks a father and rejects obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the river valley peck it out, and the eagle’s young eat it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ The eye of one who mocks his father and who despises the childbearing of his mother, let the ravens of the torrent tear it out, and let the sons of the eagles consume it.

Proverbs 30:17 Cross References

2 Samuel 21:10

Rizpah, Aiah’s daughter, took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on the rock from the beginning of the harvest  until the rain poured down from heaven on the bodies. She kept the birds of the sky from them by day and the wild animals by night.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 20:20

Whoever curses his father or mother   #– # his lamp will go out in deep darkness.

Proverbs 23:22

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when   she is old.

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.

Proverbs 30:18

Three things are too wondrous for me; four I can’t understand:

Leviticus 20:9

‘If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death.  He has cursed his father or mother; his death is his own fault.

Malachi 1:6

‘A son honours his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is my honour? And if I am a master, where is your fear of me?  says the Lord of Armies to you priests, who despise my name.’ Yet you ask, ‘How have we despised your name? ’

Deuteronomy 28:26

Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth, with no one to scare them away.

1 Samuel 17:44

‘Come here,’ the Philistine called to David, ‘and I’ll give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts! ’