15 “Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.

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understanding this, that the (A)law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers,

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17 The eye that (A)mocks a father
    and (B)scorns to obey a mother
will (C)be picked out by (D)the ravens of the valley
    and eaten by the vultures.

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11 There are those[a] who (A)curse their fathers
    and do not bless their mothers.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:11 Hebrew There is a generation; also verses 12, 13, 14

24 (A)“‘Cursed be anyone who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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A Rebellious Son

18 “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, 19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, 20 and they shall say to 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 (A)Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. (B)So you shall purge the evil from your midst, (C)and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

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