Just as the sin of the tongue (slander) is met with death and severe anger from God, so too is the disrespect toward parents. The one who disregards the Divine commandment and provokes the Wrath of the Almighty faces the ultimate consequence, just as one who scorns the counsel of his father or mother is to be stoned, as prescribed by Holy Scripture. In Deuteronomy, it is said: "If any man has a son who is stubborn and rebellious, who does not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him and he does not listen, then let his father and his mother take him to the elders of his city and to the gate of his dwelling, and say to the elders of his city: 'This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious, he will not listen to our words; he is a glutton and a drunkard'; then all the men of his city shall stone him to death; and so shall you put away the evil from among you, and all Israel shall hear and fear" (Deut. 21:18-21). After this, can there be doubt that reverence for one’s parents follows directly from the honour owed to God? Certainly not. The call to honour them is reinforced both by the sage counsel, "Remember that thou art born of them" (Sir. 7:30), and by the humble words of patriarch Jacob, who remarked, "If not... the fear of Isaac my father" (Gen. 31:42). When it is stated that we are born by them, does it not clearly indicate their reflection of the Creator, who brought forth what did not previously exist? Surely, to honour them with appropriate reverence elevates their position close to that of the Lord. Indeed, this understanding is significant. Thus, the writer curses those who disregard their parents, declaring, "The eye that mocks his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out" (Proverbs 30:17).
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