Proverbs 30:17


The eye that mocks a father
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young vultures will devour it.

Proverbs 23:22


Listen to your father, who sired you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21

“If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or of his mother, and when they reprimand and discipline him, he will not listen to them,

Proverbs 30:11


There is a generation (class of people) that curses its father
And does not bless its mother.

Genesis 9:21-27

He drank some of the wine and became drunk, and he was uncovered and lay exposed inside his tent.

Leviticus 20:9

‘If anyone curses his father or mother, he shall most certainly be put to death; he has cursed his father or mother; his blood is on him [that is, he bears full responsibility for the consequences].

Deuteronomy 28:26

Your carcasses will be food for all the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.

1 Samuel 17:44

The Philistine also said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field.”

2 Samuel 18:9-10

Now Absalom met the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a massive tree, and his head was caught in [the thick branches of] the tree; and he was left hanging [in midair] between heaven and earth, while the mule that had been under him kept going.

2 Samuel 18:14-17

Joab said, “I will not waste time with you.” So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive [and caught] in the midst of the tree.

2 Samuel 21:10

Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest [in the spring] until [the autumn] rain fell on them; and she allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on their bodies by day, nor the beasts of the field [to feed on them] by night.

Proverbs 20:20


Whoever curses his father or his mother,
His lamp [of life] will be extinguished in time of darkness.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

General references

Bible References

Eye

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation (class of people) that curses its father
And does not bless its mother.
Proverbs 20:20

Whoever curses his father or his mother,
His lamp [of life] will be extinguished in time of darkness.
Proverbs 23:22

Listen to your father, who sired you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
Genesis 9:21
He drank some of the wine and became drunk, and he was uncovered and lay exposed inside his tent.
Leviticus 20:9
‘If anyone curses his father or mother, he shall most certainly be put to death; he has cursed his father or mother; his blood is on him [that is, he bears full responsibility for the consequences].
Deuteronomy 21:18
“If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or of his mother, and when they reprimand and discipline him, he will not listen to them,
2 Samuel 18:9
Now Absalom met the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a massive tree, and his head was caught in [the thick branches of] the tree; and he was left hanging [in midair] between heaven and earth, while the mule that had been under him kept going.

The ravens

1 Samuel 17:44
The Philistine also said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field.”
2 Samuel 21:10
Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest [in the spring] until [the autumn] rain fell on them; and she allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on their bodies by day, nor the beasts of the field [to feed on them] by night.

General references

Genesis 28:7
and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram.
Leviticus 11:15
every kind of raven,