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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 obscure 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 without.
²⁵And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. (Gen. 9:22,25)

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Lev. 20:9• ⁹For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him. (Lev. 20:9)

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or, brook.

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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 obscure 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 was uncovered within his tent.
²²And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
²³And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
²⁴And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
²⁵And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
²⁶And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
²⁷God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. (Gen. 9:21‑27)

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Lev. 20:9• ⁹For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him. (Lev. 20:9)

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Deut. 21:18‑21• ¹⁸If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken 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 stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
²¹And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. (Deut. 21:18‑21)

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2 Sam. 18:9‑10,14‑17• ⁹And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
¹⁰And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
¹⁴Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
¹⁵And ten young men that bare Joab's armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
¹⁶And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
¹⁷And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid 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 unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. (1 Sam. 17:44)

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

valley.

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.