Proverbs 30:11
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11 There are those who curse their fathers
and do not bless their mothers.(A)
Proverbs 20:20
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20 If you curse father or mother,
your lamp will go out in utter darkness.(A)
Proverbs 30:17
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17 The eye that mocks a father
and scorns to obey a mother
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley
and eaten by the vultures.(A)
Proverbs 30:12-14
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12 There are those who are pure in their own eyes,
yet are not cleansed of their filthiness.(A)
13 There are those—how lofty are their eyes,
how high their eyelids lift!—(B)
14 there are those whose teeth are swords,
whose teeth are knives
to devour the poor from off the earth,
the needy from among mortals.(C)
Deuteronomy 27:16
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16 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors father or mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(A)
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Exodus 21:17
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17 “Whoever curses father or mother shall be put to death.(A)
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Leviticus 20:9
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9 All who curse father or mother shall be put to death; having cursed father or mother, their bloodguilt is upon them.(A)
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Deuteronomy 21:20-21
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20 They shall say to the elders of his town, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 Then all the men of the town shall stone him to death. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.(A)
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1 Peter 2:9
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9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people,[a] in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.(A)
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- 2.9 Gk a people for his possession
1 Timothy 5:8
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8 And whoever does not provide for relatives, and especially for family members, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.(A)
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1 Timothy 5:4
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4 If a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn their religious duty to their own family and make some repayment to their parents, for this is pleasing in God’s sight.(A)
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Mark 7:10-13
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10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’(A) 11 But you say that if anyone tells father or mother, ‘Whatever support you might have had from me is Corban’ (that is, an offering to God[a]),(B) 12 then you no longer permit doing anything for a father or mother, 13 thus nullifying the word of God through your tradition that you have handed on. And you do many things like this.”
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- 7.11 Gk lacks to God
Matthew 15:4-6
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4 For God said,[a] ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’(A) 5 But you say that whoever tells father or mother, ‘Whatever support you might have had from me is given to God,’[b] then that person need not honor the father.[c](B) 6 So, for the sake of your tradition, you nullify the word[d] of God.
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Matthew 3:7
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7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his[a] baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?(A)
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- 3.7 Other ancient authorities lack his
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