Proverbs 30:11
A wicked generation curse their father, and do not bless their mother.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
In Context
10Deliver not a servant into the hands of his master, lest he curse you, and you be utterly destroyed.
12A wicked generation judge themselves to be just, but do not cleanse their way.
Cross References
Leviticus 20:9Every man who shall speak evil of his father or of his mother, let him die the death; has he spoken evil of his father or his mother? he shall be guilty.
Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed is the man that dishonours his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Proverbs 23:22Listen, my son, to your father which begot you, and despise not your mother because she is grown old.
Proverbs 30:17The eye that laughs to scorn a father, and dishonours the old age of a mother, let the ravens of the valleys pick it out, and let the young eagles devour it.
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 →