Proverbs 30:17

The 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

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The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

In Context

16Sheol; the barren womb; 1 land that is never satisfied with water; 1 and the fire that never says, “Enough!” 1

18There are three things that are too wonderful for me, 1 four that I do not understand: 1

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Cross References

Genesis 9:21He drank some of the wine and became drunk. He was lying uncovered in his tent.

Deuteronomy 21:18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, even though they correct him, will not listen to them;

Deuteronomy 28:26Your dead body will be food to all the birds of the heavens and to the beasts of the earth; there will be no one to frighten them away.

2 Samuel 18:9Absalom happened to meet some of David's soldiers. Absalom was riding his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak tree, and his head was caught up in the tree branches. He was left dangling between the ground and the sky while the mule he was riding kept going.

2 Samuel 21:10Then Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the mountain beside the dead bodies, from the beginning of harvest until the rain poured down on them from the sky. She did not allow the birds of the sky to disturb the bodies by day or the wild animals by night.

Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father who begot you 1 and do not despise your mother when she is old. 1

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:16-18

Four Things Unsearchable. 15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: 16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. 17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. He had spoken before of those that devoured the poor ( v. 14 ), and had… Read the whole commentary →

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