Proverbs 28:24

He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

In Context

23He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.

25He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:20Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

Proverbs 19:26He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

Proverbs 28:7He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who keeps company with feasters puts shame on his father.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:24

23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. Note, 1. Flatterers may please those for a time who, upon second thoughts, will detest and despise them. If ever they come to be convinced of the evil of those sinful courses they were flattered in, and to be ashamed of the pride and vanity which were humoured and gratified by those flatteries, they will hate the fawning flatterers as having had an ill design upon them, and the fulsome flatteries as having had an… Read the whole commentary →

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