Deuteronomy 27:16
Cursed be he that sets light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
In Context
17Cursed be he that removes his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cross References
Exodus 21:17And he that curses his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 20:9For every one that curses his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.
Ezekiel 22:7In you have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in you have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 27:12-26
The Curses from Ebal. ( b. c. 1451.) 11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination… Read the whole commentary →