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Proverbs 30

Prov. 30:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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There is a generation
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
that curseth
qalal (Hebrew #7043)
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
KJV usage: abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-)curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), X slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-)vile, whet.
Pronounce: kaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
their father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
, and doth not bless
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
their mother
'em (Hebrew #517)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like 1)
KJV usage: dam, mother, X parting.
Pronounce: ame
Origin: a primitive word
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a generation.
that curseth.
Prov. 30:17• 17The 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. (Prov. 30:17)
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Prov. 20:20• 20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness. (Prov. 20:20)
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Lev. 20:9• 9Whatever 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. (Lev. 20:9)
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Deut. 21:20‑21• 20and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is unmanageable and rebellious, he hearkeneth not unto our voice; he is a profligate and a drunkard.
21And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die. And thou shalt put evil away from thy midst; and all Israel shall hear and fear.
(Deut. 21:20‑21)
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Deut. 27:16• 16Cursed be he that slighteth his father or his mother! And all the people shall say, Amen. (Deut. 27:16)
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Matt. 15:4‑6• 4For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.
5But *ye* say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever it be by which received from me thou wouldest be profited:
6and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching.
(Matt. 15:4‑6)
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Mark 7:10‑13• 10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, he who speaks ill of father or mother, let him surely die.
11But *ye* say, If a man say to his father or his mother, It is corban (that is, gift), whatsoever thou mightest have profit from me by …
12And ye no longer suffer him to do anything for his father or his mother;
13making void the word of God by your traditional teaching which ye have delivered; and many such like things ye do.
(Mark 7:10‑13)
doth.
 The word generation is here used, as in many other parts of Scripture, to describe a particular class of mankind having certain characteristics in common; as when our Lord spoke of the Jews as an evil and adulterous generation, and declared that that generation should not pass away prior to His return from heaven. (Proverbs Thirty by H.A. Ironside)
 Self-sufficient, they recognize no indebtedness to father and mother, but curse the one and do not bless the other. (Proverbs Thirty by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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