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Parricide, the act of killing one's own parent or a close relative, is a grievous sin that is condemned in the Bible. The Scriptures emphasize the sanctity of family relationships and the importance of honoring one's parents, making parricide a particularly heinous violation of God's commandments.

Biblical Commandments and Teachings

The Bible explicitly commands respect and honor towards one's parents. In the Ten Commandments, God instructs, "Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land the LORD your God is giving you" (Exodus 20:12). This commandment underscores the importance of familial respect and the divine order established by God.

The New Testament reiterates this commandment, as seen inEphesians 6:1-3 : "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 'Honor your father and mother' (which is the first commandment with a promise), 'that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.'"

Condemnation of Violence Against Parents

The Bible contains explicit prohibitions against violence towards one's parents. In the Mosaic Law, the severity of such an act is highlighted: "Anyone who strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death" (Exodus 21:15). Similarly, "Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death" (Exodus 21:17). These laws reflect the gravity of the offense and the societal and spiritual disorder it represents.

Examples and Warnings

While the Bible does not provide explicit examples of parricide, it does offer narratives that illustrate the consequences of familial betrayal and violence. One such example is Absalom's rebellion against his father, King David. Although Absalom did not commit parricide, his actions against his father and his attempt to usurp the throne serve as a cautionary tale of the chaos and destruction that result from violating familial bonds (2 Samuel 15-18).

The New Testament also warns of the moral decay that will characterize the last days, including disobedience to parents. In2 Timothy 3:1-2 , Paul writes, "But understand this: In the last days, terrible times will come. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy."

Theological Implications

Parricide, as an extreme form of familial betrayal, is antithetical to the biblical principles of love, respect, and obedience within the family unit. It represents a rejection of God's ordained structure for human relationships and a profound moral and spiritual failing. The Bible's strong condemnation of such acts serves as a reminder of the importance of upholding God's commandments and the sanctity of family life.

It is Indeed a Greater Fight of Patience...
... if after the death of his body he should be hurried off to punishment either of
blasphemers, or of murderers, or of them which are worse even thanparricides....

Letter clvi. To Leo Augustus.
... Apostles and Prophets; firmly to despise and reject those who have deprived themselves
of their Christian name, and not to let blasphemousparricides, who, it...

That Lucretius and Others have Erred, and Cicero Himself, in...
... Are we thenparricides, Marcus Tullius, and in your judgment worthy to be sewed
[416] up in a bag, who deny that philosophy is the parent of life?...

Of the Senses, and their Pleasures in the Brutes and in Man; and...
... But trulyparricides complain of the scantiness of their means, and allege that
they have not enough for bringing up more children; as though, in truth, their...

The Greek Theogony Exposed.
... Venus. Read to Jupiter, ye Greeks, the law againstparricides, and the
penalty of adultery, and the ignominy of p??derasty. Teach...

The Gods of the Mythic Class the Poets a Very Poor Authority in...
... and weak, on the obscurely born and the low-lived; [890] but yet you honour, even
by legal sanctions, [891] unchaste men, adulterers, robbers, andparricides....

Gods, those which were Confessedly Elevated to the Divine...
... This was the man who, after deeming himself worthy of a funeral pile in the anguish
of his remorse for hisparricides, [1050] deserved rather to die the...

Argument: nor is it Only Hatred that they Arouse against the...
... We, however, when we undertook to defend and protect some sacrilegious and incestuous
persons, and evenparricides, did not think that these (Christians) were...

How Herod, by Permission from Caesar Accused his Sons Before an...
... of his sons; and that in case they had been guilty of any profane and insolent crimes
against him, it would behoove him to punish them asparricides, for which...

Exhortation to Follow the Example of the Greater Part of the World...
... "Since, therefore, it was needful that this matter should be rectified, so that
we might have nothing in common with that nation ofparricides who slew their...

Parricides (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version ConcordanceParricides (1 Occurrence). 1 Timothy 1:9 having
known this, that for a righteous man law is not set, but...

Lawbreakers (2 Occurrences)
... this, that for a righteous man law is not set, but for lawless and insubordinate
persons, ungodly and sinners, impious and profane,parricides and matricides...

Men-slayers (1 Occurrence)
... this, that for a righteous man law is not set, but for lawless and insubordinate
persons, ungodly and sinners, impious and profane,parricides and matricides...

Matricides (1 Occurrence)
... this, that for a righteous man law is not set, but for lawless and insubordinate
persons, ungodly and sinners, impious and profane,parricides and matricides...

Parshandatha (1 Occurrence)

Parousia

Persons (156 Occurrences)
... this, that for a righteous man law is not set, but for lawless and insubordinate
persons, ungodly and sinners, impious and profane,parricides and matricides...

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