Proverbs 30:17

New Century Version

“If you make fun of your father and refuse to obey your mother, the birds of the valley will peck out your eyes, and the vultures will eat them.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:10

Aiah’s daughter Rizpah took the rough cloth that was worn to show sadness and put it on a rock for herself. She stayed there from the beginning of the harvest until the rain fell on her sons’ bodies. During the day she did not let the birds of the sky touch her sons’ bodies, and during the night she did not let the wild animals touch them.

Proverbs 15:20

Wise children make their father happy, but foolish children disrespect their mother.

Proverbs 20:20

Those who curse their father or mother will be like a light going out in darkness.

Proverbs 23:22

Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not forget your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 30:11

“Some people curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 30:18

“There are three things that are too hard for me, really four I don’t understand:

Leviticus 20:9

“ ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother, so he has brought his own death on himself.

Malachi 1:6

The Lord All-Powerful says, “A son honors his father, and a servant honors his master.” I am a father, so why don’t you honor me? I am a master, so why don’t you respect me? You priests do not respect me. “But you ask, ‘How have we shown you disrespect?’

Deuteronomy 28:26

Your dead bodies will be food for all the birds and wild animals, and there will be no one to scare them away.

1 Samuel 17:44

He said to David, “Come here. I’ll feed your body to the birds of the air and the wild animals!”