Proverbs 30:17

King James Version 1611 (Original)

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:22 : 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
  • Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
  • Deut 28:26 : 26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
  • 1 Sam 17:44 : 44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
  • 2 Sam 18:9-9 : 9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away. 10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
  • 2 Sam 18:14-17 : 14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. 15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him. 16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people. 17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
  • 2 Sam 21:10 : 10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
  • Gen 9:21-27 : 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
  • Lev 20:9 : 9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

  • Prov 19:26
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    26He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

  • Prov 23:22
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  • Deut 21:18-19
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    18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

    19Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

  • Prov 17:5-6
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    5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

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  • Prov 15:20
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    20A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  • Prov 28:24
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    24Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

  • Prov 20:20
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    20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

  • Prov 30:18
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    18There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

  • Job 38:41
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    41Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

  • Deut 32:11
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    11As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:

  • Deut 27:16
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    16Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Prov 17:25
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    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Prov 1:8
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    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Exod 21:17
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    17And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

  • Prov 30:16
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    16The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

  • Prov 29:15
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    15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

  • Deut 28:56-57
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    56The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

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    20My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Lam 4:3-4
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    3Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

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  • Matt 15:4
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  • Lev 11:13-14
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  • Prov 19:18
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    18Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

  • Job 17:5
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    5He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

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    5A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

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    15There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.

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    16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

  • Deut 28:54
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    7There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:

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    9He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

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    13There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

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    9For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

  • Jer 31:29
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    29In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

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  • Mic 7:6
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  • Job 17:2
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  • Ezek 16:44
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  • Prov 27:11
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    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.