Proverbs 20:20

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Job 18:18

He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.

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 21:17

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

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 24:20

for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

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.

Leviticus 20:9

“‘If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself.

Matthew 15:4

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

Matthew 22:13

Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’

Matthew 25:8

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

Deuteronomy 27:16

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

Jude 1:13

wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved.