Proverbs 30:17

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:10

Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until rain fell upon them from the heavens; and she did not allow the birds of the air to come upon them by day, or the beasts of the field by night.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 20:20

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

Proverbs 23:22

Hearken to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 30:11

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

Proverbs 30:18

Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand:

Leviticus 20:9

For every one who curses his father or his mother shall be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother, his blood is upon him.

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 28:26

And your dead body shall be food for all birds of the air, and for the beasts of the earth; and there shall be no one to frighten them away.

1 Samuel 17:44

The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.”