Proverbs 20:20
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
In Context
21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.
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.
Leviticus 20:9“‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon himself.
Job 18:5“Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.
Matthew 15:4For God commanded, ‘Honour your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:20
19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. Two sorts of people are dangerous to be conversed with:—1. Tale-bearers, though they are commonly flatterers, and by fair speeches insinuate themselves into men's acquaintance. Those are unprincipled people that go about carrying stories, that make mischief among neighbours and relations, that sow in the minds of people jealousies of their governors, of their ministers, and of one another, that… Read the whole commentary →