Deuteronomy 27:16

'Cursed [is] He who is making light of his father and his mother, — and all the people have said, Amen.

Young's Literal Translation

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

15'Cursed [is] the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put [it] in a secret place, — and all the people have answered and said, Amen.

17'Cursed [is] he who is removing his neighbour's border, — and all the people have said, Amen.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:17'And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

Leviticus 20:9'For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood [is] on him.

Proverbs 30:11A generation [is], that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.

Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother made light of in thee, To a sojourner they dealt oppressively in thy midst, Fatherless and widow they oppressed in thee.

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 →

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