Proverbs 20:20

Foolproof Instructions

¹⁹ He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips. ²⁰ Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness. ²¹ An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

Deep Darkness

Exodus 21:17

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

Proverbs 30:11

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

Leviticus 20:9

Whatever man revileth his father and his mother shall certainly be put to death: he hath reviled his father and his mother; his blood is upon him.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous rejoiceth; but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Proverbs 24:20

for there shall be no future to the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocketh at a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

Matthew 15:4

For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.

Exodus 20:12

Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed be he that slighteth his father or his mother! And all the people shall say, Amen.

Job 18:5-6

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.

Job 18:18

He is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

Matthew 22:13

Then said the king to the servants, Bind him feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 25:8

And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our torches are going out.

Mark 7:10-13

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, he who speaks ill of father or mother, let him surely die.

Jude 1:13

raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom has been reserved the gloom of darkness for eternity.