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Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

KJV

Generatio quæ patri suo maledicit, et quæ matri suæ non benedicit ;

Vulgate

There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.

ASV

דּ֭וֹר אָבִ֣י/ו יְקַלֵּ֑ל וְ/אֶת אִ֝מּ֗/וֹ לֹ֣א יְבָרֵֽךְ

Hebrew

There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בָּר֥וּךְ
brvk
verb · 324×
הָקֵל֙
hql
verb · 80×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
כֶ֔ם
km
noun · 164×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Col 3:20 — Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
  • Deut 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 glutton, and a drunkard.
  • Deut 27:16 — Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Deut 27:16 — Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Eph 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
  • Exod 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
  • Exod 21:17 — And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
  • Exod 21:17 — And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
  • Jude 1:8 — Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
  • Lev 19:3 — Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
  • Lev 20:9 — For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
  • Lev 20:9 — For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
  • Mal 1:6 — A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my
  • Mic 7:6 — For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
  • Prov 19:26 — He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
  • Prov 20:20 — Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
  • Prov 20:20 — Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
  • Prov 30:12 — There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
  • Prov 30:17 — The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
  • Prov 30:17 — The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.