Exodus 21:17

“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

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In The King James Version

And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

In Context

16“Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

18“If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn’t die, but is confined to bed;

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12“Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

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 though they chasten him, will not listen to them,

Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonours his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.

Matthew 15:3He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:13-22

12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to… Read the whole commentary →

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