Bible verse

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 30:11 · BSB

Proverbs 30:11 in context

The verses around it, from Proverbs 30.

7 Two things I ask of You—do not refuse me before I die:

8 Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.

9 Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.

10 Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.

11 There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

12 There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.

13 There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—

14 there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.

15 The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:

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Proverbs 30:11 in other translations

KJV

[There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

ASV

There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.

ERV

There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

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