Exodus 21:17

He that curseth his father, or mother, shall die the death.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16He that shall steal a man, and sell him, being convicted of guilt, shall be put to death.

18If men quarrel, and the one strike his neighbour with a stone or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.

Deuteronomy 21:18If a man have a stubborn and unruly son, who will not hear the commandments of his father or mother, and being corrected, slighteth obedience:

Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed be he that honoureth not his father and mother: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

Matthew 15:3But he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for 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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