Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

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In The King James Version

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

In Context

15Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it.

17Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's landmark from its place. And let all the people say, So be it.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:17Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

Leviticus 20:9Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.

Proverbs 30:11There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.

Ezekiel 22:7In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 27:12-26

The Curses from Ebal. ( b. c. 1451.) 11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination… Read the whole commentary →

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