Leviticus 20:9

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Modern

If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Traditional

For 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.

Literal

For any man who curses his father or his mother, he must surely be put to death. His father or his mother He has cursed; his blood is on him.

Latin

Qui maledixerit patri suo, aut matri, morte moriatur: patri matrique maledixit: sanguis ejus sit super eum.

Original

Hebrew

English

If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Notes

Leviticus 20:9

The Hebrew word for curses means "to make light of, treat with contempt." It is traditionally translated as "curse," meaning to call someone a vulgar or profane name. Parental authority was given by God, not chosen by the child (see Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 21:18–21).

Leviticus 20:9–27

Pagan worship influenced ethics, so God has family rules follow those about pagan religious practices. Some laws in this section repeat parts from Leviticus 18:6–30, which come before the section on proper expressions of holiness (19:1–37). These issues connect. Proper worship of God leads to good behavior toward others, while improper worship leads to moral violations.

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Exodus 21:17
Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
Mark 7:10
For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
Deuteronomy 27:16
‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Matthew 15:4
For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
Proverbs 20:20
Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
Proverbs 30:17
As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
2 Samuel 1:16
For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
Judges 9:24
…in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
Matthew 27:25
All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
Leviticus 20:11–13
If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
1 Kings 2:32
The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

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