...overlooked its use there as a mere figure of speech: "The eye which mocks his father and despises obeying his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young vultures shall eat it." The formula for disowning one's father or mother was Sumerian and was stated...

...parents." Opening the Bible, he read to her, " 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." She gave him a frightened look, then, with a slight shudder, hid her face on his breast,...

...of its prey. In Proverbs 30:17, we read: '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'. Pelion, Mount Lofty mountain range in Thessaly, Greece, celebrated in mythology. On...

...the same theme, Proverbs 30: 17 tells us, "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." Not only outward rebellion, but a disrespectful glance of a son or daughter toward father...

...law of thy mother." Proverbs 30: 17 says: "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." A woman may teach other women and may teach children. But none of these cases we have...

...warning about being disrespectful to parents: "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." If I see an eyeball in the mouth of a raven, I will know that somebody had disrespect...

...and for a moment the familiar thunderheads had seemed to be forming and Sarah had breathed easier, "the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young vultures shall eat it!" But he had pursued the matter no further, had turned to little Amanda to receive...

...and the fire that saith not, It is enough. 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. There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The...

...particularly as a prophet, did prophesy in Proverbs 30:1 7 that "the eye that mocks his father, and despises his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it." Solomon's father, David, was a preliminary symbol of Judah's Lion. When confronted with...

...something else that he appended to these verses: "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" (30:17). Incidentally the eye is another thing that is never satisfied (see Ecclesiastes...