Exodus 21:17

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death.

Cross References

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

Exodus 21:18

“When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but keeps his bed,

Proverbs 20:20

If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

Proverbs 30:11

There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.

Deuteronomy 21:18

“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they chastise him, will not give heed to them,

Deuteronomy 21:21

Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones; so you shall purge the evil from your midst; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Deuteronomy 27:16

“ ‘Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’