Deuteronomy 28:56

The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 28:54 describes the sensitive man's hostility toward family — the male counterpart to this woman's behavior.

Lamentations 4:3-6 depicts the cruel mother during Jerusalem's famine — a direct historical parallel to this curse.

Isaiah 49:15 highlights a mother's natural compassion for her child, contrasting with the unnatural cannibalism described here.

Lamentations 4:10 directly describes the same horror of mothers boiling their own children during siege, fulfilling the curse.

Proverbs 22:9 blesses the generous giver — in stark contrast to this woman who begrudges food to her own family.

Proverbs 23:6 warns against the miser's selfishness — the same stingy spirit shown here by the woman in siege.