Exodus 20:12
12 a“Honor your father and your mother, bthat your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.Exodus 21:15
15“Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.Exodus 21:17
17 c“Whoever curses ▼▼Or dishonors; Septuagint reviles
his father or his mother shall be put to death. Deuteronomy 21:18-21
A Rebellious Son
18“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, 19then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, 20and 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.’ 21 eThen all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. fSo you shall purge the evil from your midst, gand all Israel shall hear, and fear.Deuteronomy 27:16
16 h“‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’Proverbs 1:8
The Enticement of Sinners
8 iHear, my son, your father’s instruction,and forsake not your mother’s teaching,
Proverbs 6:20-21
Warnings Against Adultery
20 jMy son, keep your father’s commandment,kand forsake not your mother’s teaching.
21 lBind them on your heart always;
mtie them around your neck.
Proverbs 23:22
22 nListen to your father who gave you life,oand do not despise your mother when she is old.
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