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26 Whoever mistreats a father or drives away a mother,
    is a shameless and disgraceful child.[a](A)

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  1. 19:26 Children who disgrace the family equivalently plunder their father’s wealth and expel their mother from the home.

26 Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother(A)
    is a child who brings shame and disgrace.

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11 [a]There are some who curse their fathers,
    and do not bless their mothers.(A)

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  1. 30:11–14 Perverted people are here classified as unfilial (v. 11), self-righteous (v. 12), proud (v. 13) and rapacious (v. 14).

11 “There are those who curse their fathers
    and do not bless their mothers;(A)

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14 There are some—their teeth are swords,
    their teeth are knives,
Devouring the needy from the earth,
    and the poor from the human race.

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14 those whose teeth(A) are swords
    and whose jaws are set with knives(B)
to devour(C) the poor(D) from the earth
    and the needy from among mankind.(E)

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17 The eye that mocks a father,
    or scorns the homage due a mother,
Will be plucked out by brook ravens;
    devoured by a brood of vultures.

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17 “The eye that mocks(A) a father,
    that scorns an aged mother,
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
    will be eaten by the vultures.(B)

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