Proverbs 20:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ If you curse father or mother, your lamp will go out in utter 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

“Whoever curses father or mother shall be put to death.

Proverbs 30:11

There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 24:20

for the evil have no future; the lamp of the wicked will go out.

Jude 1:13

wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.

Matthew 15:4

For God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.

Leviticus 20:9

All who curse father or mother shall be put to death; having cursed father or mother, their bloodguilt is upon them.

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Matthew 25:8

The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

Matthew 22:13

Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

Deuteronomy 27:16

“ ‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors father or mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

Job 18:18

They are thrust from light into darkness and driven out of the world.

Proverbs 20:21

An estate quickly acquired in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.