Proverbs 30:11
I will list four kinds of evil things that people do: Some people curse their fathers and do not ask God to bless their mothers.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 20:9‘If anyone curses his father or his mother, he must be executed. He himself will be responsible for his own death [MTY].
Deuteronomy 27:16‘Yahweh will curse anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all the people must reply, ‘◄Amen/We want that to happen►.’
Proverbs 23:22Pay attention to what your father tells you, and ◄do not neglect/take care of► [LIT] your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 30:17Those who [SYN] make fun of their fathers or refuse to obey their mothers (OR, despise their aged mothers) should die and have their eyes pecked out by crows, and the rest of their corpses should be fed to the vultures.
Matthew 15:4God gave these two commands: ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘People who speak evil about their father or mother must be executed.’
1 Timothy 5:4If a widow has children or grandchildren, these children or grandchildren should learn that they are to take care of their own family first. By doing that they can repay their parents and grandparents for all that they did for them when they were young, because doing that pleases 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 →