Some people curse their father and do not thank their mother.
Parallel translations
- WEB There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.
- KJV There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
- BSB There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
- NKJV There is a generation that curses its father, And does not bless its mother.
- NASB ¶There is a kind of person who curses his father And does not bless his mother.
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There is a kind of generation that curses its father and refuses to bless its mother.
Overview
This begins a set of sayings describing a corrupt "generation" or type of people, marked first by contempt for parents. Dishonoring father and mother violates the fifth commandment and signals a deep moral breakdown. Such rebellion against God-given authority stands opposed to the honor that Christ Himself rendered to His earthly parents and to the Father.
Cross-references & the web
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- Prov 20:20Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
- Prov 30:17“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
- Exod 21:17“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
- Prov 30:12–14There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
- Deut 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
- Lev 20:9“‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
- Deut 21:20–21They shall tell 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.”
- 1 Tim 5:4But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
- Mark 7:10–13For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
- 1 Tim 5:8But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
- Matt 15:4–6For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
- Matt 3:7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
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