Proverbs 30:17 Cross References

Proverbs 30:17

17: The eye that mocks a father and despises a mother will be plucked out by ravens of the valley and eaten by vultures.

Listen to your father, who gave you life, and don't despise your mother's experience when she is old.

"Suppose a man has a stubborn, rebellious son who will not obey his father or mother, even though they discipline him.
In such cases, the father and mother must take the son before the leaders of the town.
They must declare: `This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious and refuses to obey. He is a worthless drunkard.'
Then all the men of the town must stone him to death. In this way, you will cleanse this evil from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.

"Enough of this nonsense," Joab said. Then he took three daggers and plunged them into Absalom's heart as he dangled from the oak still alive.
Ten of Joab's young armor bearers then surrounded Absalom and killed him.
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and his men returned from chasing the army of Israel.
They threw Absalom's body into a deep pit in the forest and piled a great heap of stones over it. And the army of Israel fled to their homes.

Your dead bodies will be food for the birds and wild animals, and no one will be there to chase them away.

One day he became drunk on some wine he had made and lay naked in his tent.
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and went outside and told his brothers.
Shem and Japheth took a robe, held it over their shoulders, walked backward into the tent, and covered their father's naked body. As they did this, they looked the other way so they wouldn't see him naked.
When Noah woke up from his drunken stupor, he learned what Ham, his youngest son, had done.
Then he cursed the descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham: "A curse on the Canaanites! May they be the lowest of servants to the descendants of Shem and Japheth."

"All who curse their father or mother must be put to death. They are guilty of a capital offense.

"Come over here, and I'll give your flesh to the birds and wild animals!" Goliath yelled.

Then Rizpah, the mother of two of the men, spread sackcloth on a rock and stayed there the entire harvest season. She prevented vultures from tearing at their bodies during the day and stopped wild animals from eating them at night.

During the battle, Absalom came unexpectedly upon some of David's men. He tried to escape on his mule, but as he rode beneath the thick branches of a great oak, his head got caught. His mule kept going and left him dangling in the air.
One of David's men saw what had happened and told Joab, "I saw Absalom dangling in a tree."

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