Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Proverbs 30:17 in English Standard Version "The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures." Ge 9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside. Nu 16:14 Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.” Pr 23:22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. Pr 30:11 There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers. Jer 16:4 They shall die of deadly diseases. They shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried. They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground. They shall perish by the sword and by famine, and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth.