Deuteronomy 21:18

Easy To Read Version

“A man might have a son who is stubborn and refuses to obey. This son doesn’t obey his father or mother. They punish the son, but he still refuses to listen to them.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:14

I will be his father, and he will be my son. [51] When he sins, I will use other people to punish him. They will be my whips.

Exodus 20:12

“You must honor (respect) your father and your mother. Do this so you will have a full life in the land that the Lord your God gives you.

Exodus 21:15

“Any person who hits his father or his mother must be killed.

Exodus 21:17

“Any person who curses [135] his father or his mother must be killed.

Proverbs 1:8

My son, {\cf2\super [1]} listen to your father when he corrects you. And don’t ignore what your mother teaches you.

Proverbs 13:24

If a person truly loves his children, then he will correct them when they are wrong. If you love your son, then you will be careful to teach him the right way.

Proverbs 15:5

A foolish person refuses to listen to his father’s advice. But a wise person listens closely when people try to teach him.

Proverbs 19:18

Teach your son and punish him when he is wrong. That is the only hope. If you refuse to do this, then you are helping him destroy himself.

Proverbs 20:20

If a person curses {\cf2\super [28]} his father or mother, then he is like a person whose light stops shinning in the darkest darkness.

Proverbs 22:15

Children do foolish things. But if you punish them, they will learn not to do those things.

Proverbs 28:24

A person might steal from his father and mother. That person might say, “I did nothing wrong.” But that person is as bad as a man who comes in and smashes everything in the house.

Proverbs 29:17

Punish your son when he is wrong, then you will always be proud of him. He will never make you ashamed.

Proverbs 30:11

Some people speak against their fathers. And they don’t show respect for their mothers.

Proverbs 30:17

Any person who makes fun of his father or refuses to obey his mother will be punished. It will be as bad for him as if his eyes were eaten by vultures and wild birds.

Isaiah 1:2

Heaven and Earth, listen to the Lord! The Lord says,

Isaiah 1:5

\{God says,\} “Why should I continue to punish you people? \{I punished you, but you did not change.\} You continue to rebel against me. Now every head and every heart is sick.

Jeremiah 31:18

I have heard Ephraim {\cf2\super [254]} crying.\par I heard Ephraim say these things:\par ‘Lord, you really punished me!\par And I learned my lesson.\par I was like a calf that was never trained.\par Please stop punishing me,\par and I will come back to you.\par You truly are the Lord my God.\par

Jeremiah 5:23

But the people of Judah are stubborn.\par They are always planning ways\par to turn against me.\par They turned away from me\par and left me.\par

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, I know that you want people\par to be loyal to you.\par You hit the people of Judah,\par but they did not feel any pain.\par You destroyed them,\par but they refused to learn their lesson.\par They became very stubborn.\par They refused to be sorry\par for the bad things they did.\par

Ezekiel 22:7

People in Jerusalem don’t respect their parents. They hurt foreigners in that city. They cheat orphans and widows {\cf2\super [170]} in that place.

Ezekiel 24:13

“‘You sinned against me\par and became stained with sin.\par I wanted to wash you and make you clean.\par But the stains would not come out.\par I won’t try washing you again\par until my hot anger is finished with you!\par

Leviticus 19:3

“Each person among you must honor his mother and father and keep my special days of rest. [334] I am the Lord your God!

Leviticus 21:9

“If a priest’s daughter becomes a prostitute, [376] then she ruins her reputation, and she brings shame to her father! So she must be burned.

Deuteronomy 21:19

His father and mother must then take him to the leaders of the town at the town meeting place.

Deuteronomy 27:16

“{The Levites will say,} ‘Cursed is the person that does things that show he does not respect his father or his mother!’

Deuteronomy 8:5

You must remember that the Lord your God did all those things for you. God was like a father teaching and correcting his son.

1 Samuel 3:13

I told Eli I would punish his family forever. I will do that because Eli knew that his sons were saying and doing bad things against God but Eli failed to control them.