Proverbs 30:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:10

And Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, took haircloth, placing it on the rock as a bed for herself, from the start of the grain-cutting till rain came down on them from heaven; and she did not let the birds of the air come near them by day, or the beasts of the field by night.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

Proverbs 20:20

If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.

Proverbs 23:22

Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.

Proverbs 30:18

There are three things, the wonder of which overcomes me, even four things outside my knowledge:

Leviticus 20:9

Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.

Malachi 1:6

A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?

Deuteronomy 28:26

Your bodies will be meat for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth; there will be no one to send them away.

1 Samuel 17:44

And the Philistine said to David, Come here to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.