Proverbs 30:11
A generation lightly esteems their father, || And does not bless their mother.
Literal Standard 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 disapprove of you, and you are found guilty.
12A generation—pure in their own eyes, || But not washed from their own filth.
Cross References
Leviticus 20:9For any man who reviles his father and his mother is certainly put to death; he has reviled his father and his mother: his blood [is] on him.
Deuteronomy 27:16“Cursed [is] he who is making light of his father and his mother.” And all the people have said, “Amen.”
Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father, who begot you, || And do not despise your mother when she has become old.
Proverbs 30:17An eye that mocks at a father, || And despises to obey a mother, || Ravens of the valley dig it out, || And young eagles eat it.
Matthew 15:4For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother—let him die the death;
1 Timothy 5:4and if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety to their own house, and to give back a repayment to the parents, for this is right and 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 →