Proverbs 30:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:10

Rizpah spread out some sackcloth on a nearby rock. She wouldn't let the birds land on the bodies during the day, and she kept the wild animals away at night. She stayed there from the beginning of the harvest until it started to rain.

Proverbs 15:20

Children with good sense make their parents happy, but foolish children are hateful to them.

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 30:11

Some people curse their father and even their mother;

Proverbs 30:18

There are three or four things I cannot understand:

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?”

Deuteronomy 28:26

and no one will disturb the birds and wild animals while they eat your dead bodies.

1 Samuel 17:44

and shouted, “Come on! When I'm finished with you, I'll feed you to the birds and wild animals!”