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Prov. 30:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ther eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the ρvalley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

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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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Gen. 9:22,25• ²²And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside.
²⁵And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren. (Gen. 9:22,25)

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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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Prov. 30:11• ¹¹There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother; (Prov. 30:11)

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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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Prov. 23:22• ²²Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. (Prov. 23:22)

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Gen. 9:21‑27• ²¹And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, and he uncovered himself in his tent.
²²And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside.
²³And Shem and Japheth took the upper garment and both laid it upon their shoulders, and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were turned away, that they saw not their father's nakedness.
²⁴And Noah awoke from his wine, and learned what his youngest son had done to him.
²⁵And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.
²⁶And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.
²⁷Let God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman. (Gen. 9:21‑27)

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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. 21:18‑21• ¹⁸If a man have an unmanageable and rebellious son, who hearkeneth not unto the voice of his father, nor unto the voice of his mother, and they have chastened him, but he hearkeneth not unto them;
¹⁹then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
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. 21:18‑21)

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2 Sam. 18:9‑10,14‑17• ⁹And Absalom found himself in the presence of David's servants. And Absalom was riding upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of the great terebinth, and his head caught in the terebinth, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
¹⁰And a man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth.
¹⁴Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three spears in his hand, and thrust them into Absalom's body, while he was yet alive in the midst of the terebinth.
¹⁵And ten young men that bore Joab's armour surrounded and smote Absalom, and killed him.
¹⁶And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab kept back the people.
¹⁷And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and raised a very great heap of stones upon him. And all Israel fled every one to his tent. (2 Sam. 18:9‑10,14‑17)

the ravens.

1 Sam. 17:44• ⁴⁴And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the fowls of the heavens and to the beasts of the field. (1 Sam. 17:44)

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2 Sam. 21:10• ¹⁰Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water poured on them out of the heavens, and suffered neither the fowl of the heavens to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. (2 Sam. 21:10)

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or, brook.

• It is a well-known fact that ravens, eagles, and many other birds of carrion and of prey begin their attack upon either a carcass or a living animal, or person, by plucking out the eyes. Instinct seems to tell them that, the power of sight gone, their victims are quite disabled. (“Proverbs Thirty” by H.A. Ironside)

• The disobedient mocker shall come to grief in a similar way to what is here described. Suddenly, but surely, he shall be bereft of the power of vision, and stumble in the darkness, vainly trying to beat off the foes that have destroyed his happiness, and would further ruin his life. (“Proverbs Thirty” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The 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.