Proverbs 19:26

A son that dealeth shamefully and reproachfully will despoil his father, and chase away his mother.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

In Context

25When thou smitest a scorner, the simple will become prudent; and when one that hath understanding is reproved, he will understand knowledge.

27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

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Cross References

Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

Proverbs 17:2A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that dealeth shamefully, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

Proverbs 23:22Hearken unto thy father that begot thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Proverbs 28:14Happy is the man that feareth alway; but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into evil.

Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curse their father, and do not bless their mother.

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 →

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