Proverbs 20:20

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

Job 18:18

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

Exodus 20:12

Regard (treat with honor, due obedience, and courtesy) your father and mother, that your days may be long in the land the Lord your God gives you.

Exodus 21:17

Whoever curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the [uncompromisingly] righteous [is within him–it grows brighter and] rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked [furnishes only a derived, temporary light and] shall be put out shortly.

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance hastily gotten [by greedy, unjust means] at the beginning, in the end it will not be blessed. [Prov. 28:20; Hab. 2:6.]

Proverbs 24:20

For there shall be no reward for the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Proverbs 30:11

There is a class of people who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 30:17

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.]

Leviticus 20:9

Everyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or mother; his bloodguilt is upon him.

Matthew 15:4

For God commanded, Honor your father and your mother, and, He who curses or reviles or speaks evil of or abuses or treats improperly his father or mother, let him surely come to his end by death. [Exod. 20:12; 21:17; Lev. 20:9; Deut. 5:16.]

Matthew 22:13

Then the king said to the attendants, Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the darkness outside; there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.

Matthew 25:8

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

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother. All the people shall say, Amen.

Jude 1:13

Wild waves of the sea, flinging up the foam of their own shame and disgrace; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of eternal darkness has been reserved forever.