Exodus 21:17

Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.

18If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 21:18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,

Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Proverbs 30:11There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Matthew 15:3Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

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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