Deuteronomy 27:16
Cursed be he who does not honor his father and mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
17Cursed be he who removes his neighbor’s landmarks. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Cross References
Exodus 21:17Whoever speaks evil of his father or mother shall die a death.
Leviticus 20:9Whoever curses his father or mother shall die a death; he has cursed his father and mother. So let his blood be upon him.
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation which curses their father, and which does not bless their mother.
Ezekiel 22:7They have abused father and mother within you. The new arrival has been oppressed in your midst. They have grieved the orphan and the widow among you.
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 →