...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...

...pronounced against those who refuse obedience to their parents." Opening the Bible, he read to her, " The eye that mocketh at his father and despiseth to...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, but did not...

...end. There is nothing beyond this. Nothing remains to be told. We know from the Word of God that — "The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth...mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out." (Prov. xxx. 17.) We remember how David said to the Giant Goliah — a type of this enemy of God's people...

...them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves [and speak] against me (Psalm 35:26). The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley [depression; grief; confusion, etc.] shall pick it out... (Proverbs 30:17). / have commanded the ravens...

...darkness because of its habit of first pecking out the eyes of its prey. In Proverbs 30:17, we read: 'The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth...shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it'. Pelion, Mount Lofty mountain range in Thessaly, Greece, celebrated in mythology. On it was the temple...

...instruction is a matter of wisdom, in God's sight. And on the same theme, Proverbs 30: 17 tells us, "The eye that mocketh at his father and despiseth...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 or mother...

...father and mother." Proverbs 30:17 contains a very stern warning about being disrespectful to parents: "The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth...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 for Mama or Daddy....

...mother." Proverbs 6:20 says: "My son . . . forsake not the law of thy mother." Proverbs 30: 17 says: "The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth...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 mentioned refers...

...brought home in a paper sack, would not even answer his father. Abner's face had contracted darkly. "The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother," he had rumbled ominously, and for a moment the familiar thunderheads had seemed to be forming and Sarah...

...the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth...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 way of an eagle...