Proverbs 20:20 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²⁰ Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in complete darkness.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Those who curse their father or mother— their lamp will be snuffed out when it becomes dark.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Whoever curses his father and mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness.

Proverbs 20:20 Cross References

Exodus 21:17

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

Proverbs 30:11

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

Proverbs 24:20

for there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

Jude 1:13

raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Matthew 15:4

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

Proverbs 30:17

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.

Leviticus 20:9

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.

Exodus 20:12

Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Matthew 25:8

And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

Matthew 22:13

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.

Proverbs 13:9

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

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, Amen.

Job 18:18

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

Proverbs 20:21

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