Proverbs 30:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Some people curse their father and even their mother;

Cross References

Exodus 21:17

Death is the punishment for cursing your father or mother.

Proverbs 20:20

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

Proverbs 23:22

Pay attention to your father, and don't neglect your mother when she grows old.

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.

Malachi 1:6

I, the LORD All-Powerful, have something to say to you priests. Children respect their fathers, and servants respect their masters. I am your father and your master, so why don't you respect me? You priests have insulted me, and now you ask, “How did we insult you?”

Matthew 3:7

Many Pharisees and Sadducees also came to be baptized. But John said to them: You snakes! Who warned you to run from the coming judgment?

1 Timothy 5:4

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should learn to serve God by taking care of her, as she once took care of them. This is what God wants them to do.

1 Timothy 5:8

People who don't take care of their relatives, and especially their own families, have given up their faith. They are worse than someone who doesn't have faith in the Lord.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are God's chosen and special people. You are a group of royal priests and a holy nation. God has brought you out of darkness into his marvellous light. Now you must tell all the wonderful things that he has done. The Scriptures say,