Exodus 21:15
15“Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.Exodus 21:17
17 a“Whoever curses ▼▼Or dishonors; Septuagint reviles
his father or his mother shall be put to death. Leviticus 19:3
3 cEvery one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and dyou shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.Leviticus 19:32
32 e“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall ffear your God: I am the Lord.1 Kings 2:19
19So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat on his throne and had a seat brought for the king’s mother, gand she sat on his right.2 Kings 2:12
12And Elisha saw it and he cried, “My father, my father! hThe chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw him no more.Then he took hold of his own clothes iand tore them in two pieces.
Proverbs 1:8-9
The Enticement of Sinners
8 jHear, my son, your father’s instruction,and forsake not your mother’s teaching,
9for they are ka graceful garland for your head
and lpendants for your neck.
Proverbs 15:5
5 mA fool ndespises his father’s instruction,but owhoever heeds reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 20:20
20 pIf one curses his father or his mother,qhis lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
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