John Trapp on Proverbs 30:17

Verſ. 17. The eye that mocketh at his Father] As Ham did at Noah. And deſpiſeth to obey his mother, or, despiſeth the wrinkles of his mother, as ſome read it, that looks upon her with diſdain, as an old withered fool.

The Ravens of the valley ſhall pick it out] God takes notice of the offending member, and appoints puniſhments for it:Horat. paſcere in cruce corvo[illegible: 1 letter] pro ſuspendi poſſuit. Ep 7. [non-Latin text not transcribed] By the Law ſuch a childe was to be put to death, and here is ſet down what kind of death, hanging upon a tree, which the Greeks alſo call a being caſt to the crows or ravens. Thus the Scripture is both Text and gloſs: one place opens another; the Prophets explain the Law, they unfold and draw out that Arras that was folded together before. The ravens of the valleys or brooks are ſaid to be moſt ravenous;Corvi fluviatiles. and the young Eagles or Vultures ſmell out carcaſes, and the firſt thing they do to them, is to pick out their eyes. Effoſſos oculos voret atro guiture corvus. Will[illegible: 1 letter]t on Levis. They are curſed with a witneſs whom the holy Ghoſt thus curſeth in ſuch emphatical manner, in ſuch exquiſite terms. Let wicked children look to it, and know, that Vultu ſaepe laeditur pietas, as the very Heathens obſerved: that a proud or paltry look caſt upon a parent, is a breach of piety puniſhable with death, yea with a ſhameful and ignominious death. Let them alſo think of thoſe infernal ravens and vultures, &c.