Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
In Context
10Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.
12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
Cross References
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.
Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed be he that sets light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Proverbs 23:22Hearken unto your father that brings forth you, and despise not your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Matthew 15:4For God commanded, saying, Honour your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die the death.
1 Timothy 5:4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:11-15
Four Wicked Generations. 10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. 11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. 13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. 14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the… Read the whole commentary →