Proverbs 19:26
He that plundereth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that bringeth shame and dishonor.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth [thee] to err from the sayings of knowledge.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth [his] father to rejoice; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 17:2An intelligent servant will have rule over a son that bringeth shame, and among the brothers will he have part of the inheritance.
Proverbs 23:22Hearken unto thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother although she be old.
Proverbs 28:14Happy is the man that always dreadeth [to do evil]; but he that hardeneth his heart will fall into unhappiness.
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curseth its father, and doth not bless its 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 →