Proverbs 30:17

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:10

Then Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, taking a haircloth, spread it under herself on a rock, from the beginning of the harvest until water dropped from heaven upon them. And she did not permit the birds to tear them by day, nor the beasts by night.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son gladdens the father. But the foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 20:20

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

Proverbs 23:22

Listen to your father, who conceived you. And do not despise your mother, when she is old.

Proverbs 30:11

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

Proverbs 30:18

Three things are difficult for me, and about a fourth, I am nearly ignorant:

Leviticus 20:9

Whoever curses his father or mother shall die a death; he has cursed his father and mother. So let his blood be upon him.

Malachi 1:6

The son honors the father, and the servant his master. If, therefore, I am Father, where is my honor? And if I am Master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. And you have said, "In what way, have we despised your name?"

Deuteronomy 28:26

And may your carcass be food for all the flying things of the air and the wild beasts of the land, and may there be no one to drive them away.

1 Samuel 17:44

And he said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth."