Deuteronomy 21:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,”
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“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If 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:”
King James Version · Public Domain“If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious--he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them--”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 21:18 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 20:12Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
- Exodus 21:15Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
- Exodus 21:17Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
- Leviticus 19:3Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 21:9If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
- Deuteronomy 8:5So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
- Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- 2 Samuel 7:14I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
- Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
- Proverbs 13:24He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
- Proverbs 15:5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
- Proverbs 19:18Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
- Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
- Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
- Proverbs 23:13Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
- Proverbs 28:24He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.
- Proverbs 29:17Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
- Proverbs 30:11There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
- Proverbs 30:17As 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.
- Isaiah 1:2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
- Isaiah 1:5Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
- Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
- Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
- Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
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