Exodus 21:17

'And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

In Context

16'And he who stealeth a man, and hath sold him, and he hath been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.

18'And when men contend, and a man hath smitten his neighbour with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but hath fallen on the bed;

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

Deuteronomy 21:18'When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious — he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them —

Deuteronomy 27:16'Cursed [is] He who is making light of his father and his mother, — and all the people have said, Amen.

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

Matthew 15:3And he answering said to them, 'Wherefore also do ye transgress the command of God because of your tradition?

Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:13-22

12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to… Read the whole commentary →

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