Exodus 21:17

New English Translation

“Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.

Cross References

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you.

Exodus 21:18

“If men fight, and one strikes his neighbor with a stone or with his fist and he does not die, but must remain in bed,

Proverbs 20:20

The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks at a father and despises obeying a mother – the ravens of the valley will peck it out and the young vultures will eat it.

Deuteronomy 21:18

If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,

Deuteronomy 21:21

Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out wickedness from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.

Deuteronomy 27:16

‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’