Anyone who thinks it isn't wrong to steal from his parents is no better than a common thief.

There are people who curse their fathers and do not show their appreciation for their mothers.

If you make fun of your father or despise your mother in her old age, you ought to be eaten by vultures or have your eyes picked out by wild ravens.

The LORD said, "Earth and sky, listen to what I am saying! The children I brought up have rebelled against me.

" 'God's curse on anyone who dishonors his father or mother.' "And all the people will answer, 'Amen!'

"Respect your father and your mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that I am giving you.

"Whoever hits his father or his mother is to be put to death.

"Whoever curses his father or his mother is to be put to death.

Each of you must respect your mother and your father, and must keep the Sabbath, as I have commanded. I am the LORD your God.

If a priest's daughter becomes a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she shall be burned to death.

It is foolish to ignore what your parents taught you; it is wise to accept their correction.

If you curse your parents, your life will end like a lamp that goes out in the dark.

None of you in the city honor your parents. You cheat foreigners and take advantage of widows and orphans.

Remember that the LORD your God corrects and punishes you just as parents discipline their children.

I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him as a father punishes his son.

If you don't punish your children, you don't love them. If you do love them, you will correct them.

Discipline your children while they are young enough to learn. If you don't, you are helping them destroy themselves.

Children just naturally do silly, careless things, but a good spanking will teach them how to behave.

Don't hesitate to discipline children. A good spanking won't kill them.

As a matter of fact, it may save their lives.

Discipline your children and you can always be proud of them. They will never give you reason to be ashamed.

In the case of our human fathers, they punished us and we respected them. How much more, then, should we submit to our spiritual Father and live!

When we are punished, it seems to us at the time something to make us sad, not glad. Later, however, those who have been disciplined by such punishment reap the peaceful reward of a righteous life.

Why do you keep on rebelling? Do you want to be punished even more? Israel, your head is already covered with wounds, and your heart and mind are sick.

Surely the LORD looks for faithfulness. He struck you, but you paid no attention; he crushed you, but you refused to learn. You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins.

"I hear the people of Israel say in grief, ' LORD, we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back; we are ready to return to you, the LORD our God.

Jerusalem, your immoral actions have defiled you. Although I tried to purify you, you remained defiled. You will not be pure again until you have felt the full force of my anger.

"I destroyed some of you as I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Those of you who survived were like a burning stick saved from a fire. Still you did not come back to me," says the LORD.

"So then, people of Israel, I am going to punish you. And because I am going to do this, get ready to face my judgment!"