Exodus 21:17

Whoever speaks evil of his father or mother shall die a death.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Whoever will have stolen a man and sold him, having been convicted of the crime, shall be put to death.

18If men will have quarreled, and one of them has struck his neighbor with a stone or a fist, and he does not die, but lies in bed,

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

Deuteronomy 21:18If a man produces a disobedient and reckless son, who will not listen to the orders of his father or mother, and, having been corrected, shows contempt for obedience:

Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed be he who does not honor his father and mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.

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

Matthew 15:3But responding, he said to them: “And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said:

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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