Deuteronomy 21:20

and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a riotous liver, and a drunkard.

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

In Context

19then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

21And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

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Cross References

Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

Proverbs 23:20Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh:

Proverbs 29:17Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 21:19-23

Punishment of a Rebellious Son; Burial of Malefactors. ( b. c. 1451.) 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he… Read the whole commentary →

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