Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
In Context
10Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou fall.
12A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Cross References
Leviticus 20:9He that curseth his father, or mother, dying let him die. He hath cursed his father, and mother: let his blood be upon him.
Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed be he that honoureth not his father and mother: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Proverbs 23:22Hearken to thy father, that begot thee: and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocketh at his father, and that despiseth the labour of his mother in bearing him, let the ravens of the brooks pick it out, and the young eagles eat it.
Matthew 15:4Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death.
1 Timothy 5:4But if any widow have children or grandchildren, let her learn first to govern her own house and to make a return of duty 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 →