Exodus 21:17

And he who curses his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

In Context

16And he who steals a man, and sells him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

18And if men contend, and one smites the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he does not die, but keeps his bed,

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which LORD thy God gives thee.

Deuteronomy 21:18If 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 chasten him, will not hearken to them,

Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Proverbs 30:11There is a generation who curses their father, and does not bless their mother.

Matthew 15:3And having answered, he said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, because of your tradition?

Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:13-22

12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to… Read the whole commentary →

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