Proverbs 19:26
He that hurteth his father, or shutteth out his mother, is a shamefull and an vnworthy sonne.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
27My sonne heare no more the doctrine that leadeth thee vnto errours from the wordes of vnderstanding.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but an vndiscrete sonne is an heauinesse vnto his mother.
Proverbs 17:2A discrete seruaunt shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and shal haue heritage with the brethren.
Proverbs 23:22Geue eare vnto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.
Proverbs 28:14Well is hym that standeth alway in awe: as for hym that hardeneth his heart, he shall fall into mischiefe.
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not blesse their mother.
Luke 15:12And the younger of them sayde to his father: father, geue me the portion of the goodes, that to me belongeth. And he deuided vnto them his substaunce.
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 →