Proverbs 20:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Children who curse their parents will go to the land of darkness long before their time.

Cross References

Job 18:18

thrown far from the light into a world of darkness,

Exodus 20:12

Respect your father and your mother, and you will live a long time in the land I am giving you.

Exodus 21:17

Death is the punishment for cursing your father or mother.

Proverbs 13:9

The lamp of a good person keeps on shining; the lamp of an evil person soon goes out.

Proverbs 20:21

Getting rich quick may turn out to be a curse.

Proverbs 24:20

They will soon be gone like the flame of a lamp that burns out.

Proverbs 30:11

Some people curse their father and even their mother;

Proverbs 30:17

Don't make fun of your father or disobey your mother— crows will peck out your eyes, and vultures will eat the rest of you.

Leviticus 20:9

If you curse your father or mother, you will be put to death, and it will be your own fault.

Matthew 15:4

Didn't God command you to respect your father and mother? Didn't he tell you to put to death all who curse their parents?

Matthew 22:13

So the king gave orders for that person to be tied hand and foot and to be thrown outside into the dark. That's where people will cry and grit their teeth in pain.

Matthew 25:8

the foolish ones said to the others, “Let us have some of your oil! Our lamps are going out.”

Jude 1:13

Their shameful deeds show up like foam on wild ocean waves. They are like wandering stars for ever doomed to the darkest pits of hell.