Exodus 21:17

Catholic Public Domain Version

Whoever speaks evil of his father or mother shall die a death.

Cross References

Exodus 20:12

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

Exodus 21:18

If men will have quarreled, and one of them has struck his neighbor with a stone or a fist, and he does not die, but lies in bed,

Proverbs 20:20

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

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation which curses their father, and which does not bless their mother.

Proverbs 30:17

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.

Deuteronomy 21:18

If a man produces a disobedient and reckless son, who will not listen to the orders of his father or mother, and, having been corrected, shows contempt for obedience:

Deuteronomy 21:21

Then the people of the city shall stone him to death. And he shall die, so that you may take away the evil from your midst. And so may all of Israel, upon hearing it, be very afraid.

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed be he who does not honor his father and mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.