Proverbs 20:20

Foolproof Instructions

¹⁹ He reveals a secret, he who walks [about with] gossip, and do not associate with a babbler's lips. ²⁰ He who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished {in the midst of darkness}. ²¹ An inheritance acquired [hastily] {at the beginning} will not be blessed at its end.

Deep Darkness

Exodus 21:17

" 'And one who curses his father or his mother will surely be put to death.

Proverbs 30:11

[There is] a generation [that] will curse its father, and its mother it will not bless.

Leviticus 20:9

" 'If [there is] {anyone} who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father and his mother--his blood [is] upon him.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous will rejoice, but the lamp of the wicked will die out.

Proverbs 24:20

For there will not be a future for the evil; the lamp of the wicked will die out.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye [that] mocks a father and scorns the obedience of a mother-- the ravens of the valley will peck it out, and the offspring of vultures will eat it.

Matthew 15:4

For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother {must certainly die}.'

Exodus 20:12

"Honor your father and your mother, so that your days can be long on the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving you.

Deuteronomy 27:16

'Cursed be the one who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all of the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Job 18:5-6

Furthermore, the light of [the] wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire will not shine.

Job 18:18

"They thrust him from light into darkness, and they drive him out from [the] world.

Matthew 22:13

Then the king said to the servants, 'Tie him up {hand and foot} [and] throw him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!'

Matthew 25:8

And the foolish ones said to the wise ones, 'Give us [some] of your olive oil, because our lamps are going out!'

Mark 7:10-13

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother {must certainly die}.'

Jude 1:13

wild waves of the sea foaming up their own shameful deeds, wandering stars, for whom the deep gloom of darkness has been reserved for eternity.