“Whoever curses his father or mother must be put to death.
“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live for a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
“This is what you must do whenever men quarrel and one hits the other with a rock or with his fist and injures him so that he has to stay in bed.
The lamp of the person who curses his father and mother will be snuffed out in total darkness.
A certain kind of person curses his father and does not bless his mother.
The eye that makes fun of a father and hates to obey a mother will be plucked out by ravens in the valley and eaten by young vultures.
Parents might have a stubborn and rebellious son who doesn’t obey them. Even though they punish him, he still won’t listen to them.
All the men of the city should stone him to death. You must get rid of this evil. When all Israel hears about it, they will be afraid.
“Whoever curses his father or mother will himself be cursed.” Then all the people will say amen.
