11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
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Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-14)Here is, I. A caution not to abuse other people’s servants any more than our own, nor to make mischief between them and their masters, for it is an ill office, invidious, and what will make a man odious, Prov. 30:10. Consider, 1. It is an injury to the servant, whose poor condition makes him an object of pity, and therefore it is barbarous to add affliction to him that is afflicted: Hurt not a ser…
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