Proverbs 19:26
He that afflicteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is infamous and unhappy.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
27Cease not, O my son, to hear instruction, and be not ignorant of the words of knowledge.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.
Proverbs 17:2A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.
Proverbs 23:22Hearken to thy father, that beget thee: and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs 28:14Blessed is the man that is always fearful: but he that is hardened in mind, shall fall into evil.
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
Luke 15:12And the younger of them said to his father: Father, give me the portion of substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his substance.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:26
25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. Note, 1. The punishment of scorners will be a means of good to others. When men are so hardened in wickedness that they will not themselves be wrought upon by the severe methods that are used to reclaim and reform them, yet such methods must be used for the sake of others, that they may hear and fear, Deut. xix. 20 . If the scorner will not be recovered from his sin, the disease being… Read the whole commentary →