Proverbs 28:24

Whoever takes away anything from his father or mother, and who says, “This is not a sin,” is the associate of a murderer.

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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

23Whoever corrects a man, afterward he shall find favor with him, more so than he who deceives him with a flattering tongue.

25Whoever boasts and enlarges himself stirs up conflicts. Yet truly, whoever trusts in the Lord will be healed.

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:20Whoever keeps step with the wise shall be wise. A friend of the foolish will become like them.

Proverbs 19:26Whoever afflicts his father and flees from his mother is disreputable and unhappy.

Proverbs 28:7Whoever keeps the law is a wise son. But whoever feeds gluttons brings shame to 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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