Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation which curses their father, and which does not bless their mother.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
In Context
10Do not accuse a servant to his lord, lest he curse you, and you fall.
Cross References
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.
Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed be he who does not honor his father and mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father, who conceived you. And do not despise your mother, when she is old.
Proverbs 30:17The eye of one who mocks his father and who despises the childbearing of his mother, let the ravens of the torrent tear it out, and let the sons of the eagles consume it.
Matthew 15:4‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘Whoever will have cursed father or mother shall die a death.’
1 Timothy 5:4But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let her first learn to manage her own household, and to fulfill, in turn, her own obligation to her parents; for this is acceptable before God.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:11-15
Four Wicked Generations. 10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. 11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. 13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. 14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the… Read the whole commentary →