Leviticus 20:9
Everyone who curses his father or his mother must surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, so he is guilty and deserves to die.
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8You must keep my commands and carry them out. I am Yahweh who sets you apart as holy.
Cross References
Leviticus 20:11If a man lies with his father's wife, he uncovers his father's nakedness. Both the son and his father's wife must certainly be put to death. Their blood is upon them.
Leviticus 20:27A man or a woman who talks with the dead or who talks with spirits must certainly be put to death. The people must stone them with stones. They are guilty and deserve to die.'”
Joshua 2:19Whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, their blood will be upon their own heads and we will be guiltless. But if a hand is laid upon any who is with you in the house, his blood will be on our head.
2 Samuel 1:16Then David said to the dead Amalekite, “Your blood is on your head because your own mouth has testified against you and said, 'I have killed Yahweh's anointed king.'”
Proverbs 20:20If a person curses his father or his mother, 1 his lamp will be snuffed out in the middle of darkness. 1
Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocks a father 1 and scorns obedience to a mother, 1 his eyes will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, 1 and he will be eaten by the vultures. 1
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 20:2-10
Moral Laws. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.… Read the whole commentary →