Proverbs 19:26
The son that causeth shame and disgrace doeth violence to his father, And chaseth away his mother.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
27Cease, my son, to listen to the instruction That causeth thee to wander from the words of knowledge!
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 prudent servant shall rule over a son who causeth shame; Yea, with brothers he shall share the inheritance.
Proverbs 23:22Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs 28:14Happy the man who feareth always! But he who hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Proverbs 30:11There is a class of men that curse their fathers, And do not bless their mothers.
Luke 15:12And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of the property that falleth to me. And he divided to them his living.
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 →