Isaiah 45:10

New American Bible - revised edition

Woe to anyone who asks a father, “What are you begetting?” or a woman, “What are you giving birth to?”

Cross References

Isaiah 45:11

Thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, his maker: Do you question me about my children, tell me how to treat the work of my hands?

Isaiah 45:9

Woe to anyone who contends with their Maker; a potsherd among potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to the potter, “What are you doing?” or, “What you are making has no handles”?

Malachi 1:6

A son honors his father, and a servant fears his master; If, then, I am a father, where is the honor due to me? And if I am a master, where is the fear due to me? So says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who disdain my name. But you ask, “How have we disdained your name?”

Deuteronomy 27:16

“Cursed be anyone who dishonors father or mother!” And all the people shall answer, “Amen!”

Hebrews 12:9

Besides this, we have had our earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not [then] submit all the more to the Father of spirits and live?