Exodus 21:17

Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.

18If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 21:18If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:

Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

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

Matthew 15:3And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?

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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