Isaiah 45:10

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ or to a woman, ‘With what are you in travail?’ ”

Cross References

Isaiah 45:11

Thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: “Will you question me about my children, or command me concerning the work of my hands?

Isaiah 45:9

“Woe to him who strives with his Maker, an earthen vessel with the potter! Does the clay say to him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ or ‘Your work has no handles’?

Malachi 1:6

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised thy name?’

Deuteronomy 27:16

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

Hebrews 12:9

Besides this, we have had earthly fathers to discipline us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?