Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

A generation

Proverbs 30:12
There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes, and [yet] are not washed from their filthiness.
Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, Ye offspring of vipers, who showed you to flee from the coming wrath?
1 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for an acquired possession, so that ye might broadly proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

That curseth

Proverbs 30:17
The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Proverbs 20:20
He who curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
Leviticus 20:9
For he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
Deuteronomy 21:20
And they shall say to 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.
Deuteronomy 27:16
Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Matthew 15:4
For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and thy mother, and, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him perish in death.
Mark 7:10
For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother, and, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him perish in death.

Doth

1 Timothy 5:4
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to be devoted to their own house, and to give back recompense to their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

General references

Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and do not forsake the law of thy mother.