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Proverbs 20:20-21  English Standard Version

20 (A)If one curses his father or his mother,
    (B)his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
21 (C)An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning
    will not be blessed in the end.

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Cross references

  1. Proverbs 20:20 : ch. 30:11, 17; See Ex. 21:17
  2. Proverbs 20:20 : See 2 Sam. 21:17; Job 18:5
  3. Proverbs 20:21 : See ch. 13:11
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