The eyethat mocksa fatherAnd scornsa mother,The ravensof the valleywill pickit out, And the youngeagleswill eatit.
And Rizpahthe daughterof Aiahtooksackclothand spreadit for herself on the rock,from the beginningof harvestuntilit rainedon them from the sky;and she allowedneitherthe birdsof the skyto reston them by daynorthe beastsof the fieldby night.
A wisesonmakesa fatherglad,But a foolishmandespiseshis mother.
He who curseshis fatheror his mother,His lampwill goout in timeof darkness.
Listento your fatherwho begotyou, And do not despiseyour motherwhenshe is old.
There is a kindof [man] who curseshis fatherAnd does not blesshis mother.
Thereare threethingswhich are toowonderfulfor me, Fourwhich I do not understand:
If[there is] anyonewhocurseshis fatheror his mother,he shall surelybe putto death;he has cursedhis fatheror his mother,his bloodguiltinessis upon him.
"'A sonhonors[his] father,and a servanthis master.Then ifI am a father,whereis My honor?And ifI am a master,whereis My respect?'saysthe LORDof hoststo you, O priestswho despiseMy name.But you say,'Howhave we despisedYour name?'
"Your carcasseswill be foodto allbirdsof the skyand to the beastsof the earth,and therewill be nooneto frighten[them] away.
The Philistinealso saidto David,"Cometo me, and I will giveyour fleshto the birdsof the skyand the beastsof the field."
