Public · King James Version
Scripture on parents
Proverbs 30 and kindred verses about honoring father and mother, heeding their wishes when they are old, and the weight laid on those who curse, mock, or smite them. Set here for anyone looking further at this family story.
Text is the public-domain King James Version. These are not court filings. Read them beside the record — guardianship, Wanda’s Library, and what Tanya herself has said about her mother.
Proverbs 30
Agur’s words on a generation that turns from father and mother.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
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.
Honor · obey · do not despise
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
Smiting · cursing · dishonoring
Law and proverb on striking parents, cursing them, and putting out the lamp of the one who does.
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Beside this family’s papers
Wanda’s wishes for her Library and life’s work are written in her own hand. Bill’s name still opens the gate on this site. Proverbs 30 and these companion verses ask whether a child blesses father and mother — or curses, mocks, and sets their wishes aside.