Proverbs 20:20

God's Word

The lamp of the person who curses his father and mother will be snuffed out in total darkness.

Cross References

Job 18:18

He will be driven from the light into the dark and chased out of the world.

Exodus 20:12

“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.

Exodus 21:17

“Whoever curses his father or mother must be put to death.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of righteous people beams brightly, but the lamp of wicked people will be snuffed out.

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance quickly obtained in the beginning will never be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 24:20

because an evil person has no future, and the lamps of wicked people will be snuffed out.

Proverbs 30:11

A certain kind of person curses his father and does not bless his mother.

Proverbs 30:17

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.

Leviticus 20:9

“Whoever curses his father or mother must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother and deserves to die.

Matthew 15:4

For example, God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Whoever curses father or mother must be put to death.’

Matthew 22:13

Then the king told his servants, ‘Tie his hands and feet, and throw him outside into the darkness. People will cry and be in extreme pain there.’

Matthew 25:8

“The foolish ones said to the wise ones, ‘Give us some of your oil. Our lamps are going out.’

Deuteronomy 27:16

“Whoever curses his father or mother will himself be cursed.” Then all the people will say amen.

Jude 1:13

Their shame is like the foam on the wild waves of the sea. They are wandering stars for whom gloomy darkness is kept forever.