“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
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“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
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And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
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And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
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- Proverbs 20:20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
- Mark 7:10-11 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’ But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban,” ’ ” that is to say, given to God,
- Deuteronomy 27:16 ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
- Matthew 15:3-6 He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition? For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’ But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,” he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
- Leviticus 20:9-10 “ ‘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 himself. “ ‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
- Proverbs 30:11 There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.
- Proverbs 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.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 21:17 And he that curseth his father, or…
Exo 21:17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
Ver. 17. And he that curseth.] {See Trapp on "Exo 21:15"} {See Trapp on "Mat 15:4"} {a}
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{a} Immane verbum est ultio. - Seneca.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Or, revileth, to wit, wilfully, maliciously, obstinately, against all…
Or, revileth, to wit, wilfully, maliciously, obstinately, against all admonition, by comparing Deu 21:18.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he that curseth his father, or his mother,....…
And he that curseth his father, or his mother,.... Though he does not smite them with his hand, or with any instrument in it, yet if he smites them with his tongue, reviles and reproaches them, speaks evil of them, wishes dreadful imprecations upon them, curses them by the name explained, as the Targum of Jonathan calls it, by the name Jehovah, wishing the Lord would curse them, or that his curse might light upon them, see Pro 20:20,
shall surely be put to death; or be killed with casting stones on him, as the Targum of Jonathan, or with stoning; so Jarchi, who observes, that wherever it is said, "his blood be upon him", it is meant of stoning, as it is of the man that curses his father or his mother, Lev 20:9 which was after this manner, the place of stoning was two cubits high, to which the malefactor with his hands bound was brought; from whence one of the witnesses against him cast him down headlong, of which, if he did not die, then they took up stones and cast on him, and if he died not through them, then all Israel came and stoned him; that is, the multitude upon the spot: this verse in the Septuagint version follows Exo 21:15, with which it agrees, both respecting the same persons.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Curseth, or speaking injuriously. The Athenians put such in…
Curseth, or speaking injuriously. The Athenians put such in prison.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 17. Cursing a parent. Comp. Deu_27:16, Lev_20:9 (H): also…
17. Cursing a parent. Comp. Deu_27:16, Lev_20:9 (H): also Pro_20:20; Pro_30:17. In the LXX. this verse stands more suitably immediately after v. 15. It is cited in Mat_15:4 = Mar_7:10.
curseth] a stronger word than the maketh light of, or dishonoureth, of Deu_27:16.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain He that curseth his father, etc. Blasphemy against God,…
He that curseth his father, etc. Blasphemy against God, and imprecations upon parents, were the only two sins of the tongue which the law expressly required to be punished with death. (Lev_24:16) In later times analogy was held to require that "cursing the ruler of the people" (Exo_22:28) should be visited with the same penalty. (2Sa_19:22; 1Ki_2:8, 1Ki_2:9, 1Ki_2:46) The severity of the sentence indicates that in God"s sight such sins are of the deepest dye.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 21:17 Anyone who dishonors: See study note on Lev…
21:17 Anyone who dishonors: See study note on Lev 20:9; see also Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16; 21:18-21; Eph 6:1-4.
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