Proverbs 19:26
He that dishonours his father, and drives away his mother, shall be disgraced and shall be exposed to reproach.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
27A son who ceases to attend to the instruction of a father will cherish evil designs.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1A wise son makes his father glad: but a foolish son is a grief to his mother.
Proverbs 17:2A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, and shall divide portions among brethren.
Proverbs 23:22Hearken, my son, to thy father which begot thee, and despise not thy mother because she is grown old.
Proverbs 28:14Blessed is the man who religiously fears + 28:14 Gr. all things.always: but the hard of heart shall fall into mischiefs.
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 →