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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
L'oeil qui se moque d'un père Et qui dédaigne l'obéissance envers une mère, Les corbeaux du torrent le perceront, Et les petits de l'aigle le mangeront.
KJV
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.
Eucherius of Lyon
Book of Spiritual Intelligence Formulas
Christ. And in a negative sense. In Solomon, it says: "And may the ravens of the valley pick it out" Proverbs 30:17. Eagles symbolize the holy ones. In the Gospel, it says: Wherever the body is, there the eagles will gather. This verse is from the book of Matthew, chapter twenty…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
Holy One of Israel." In the second place comes derision of one's parents, wherefore it is written ( Prov. 30:17 ): "The eye that mocketh at his father, and that despiseth the labor of his mother in bearing him, let the ravens of the brooks pick it out, and the young eagles eat it…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 106 (Migne)
et despicit partum matris suae, effodiant eum corvi de torrentibus, et comedant illum filii aquilae (Prov. XXX, 17) . Item: Stultus irridet disciplinam patris sui, qui autem custodit increpationes, astutior fiet (Ibid. XV, 5) . Item: Filius sapiens laetificat patrem, et stultus d…
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