Deuteronomy 21:20
And they shall say to them: ‘This our son is reckless and disobedient. He shows contempt when listening to our admonitions. He occupies himself with carousing, and self-indulgence, and feasting.’
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19they shall take him and lead him to the elders of the city and to the gate of judgment.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:1It is a luxurious thing, wine, and inebriation is tumultuous. Anyone who is delighted by this will not be wise.
Proverbs 23:20Do not be willing to be in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in the carousings of those who gather to feed on flesh.
Proverbs 29:17Teach your son, and he will refresh you, and he will give delight to your soul.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 21:19-23
Punishment of a Rebellious Son; Burial of Malefactors. ( b. c. 1451.) 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he… Read the whole commentary →