Proverbs 28:24

Whoever robs his father and his mother and says, “That is no sin,” 1 he is the companion of the one who destroys. 1

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Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

In Context

23Whoever disciplines someone, 1 afterward will find more favor from him 1 than from the one who flatters him with his tongue. 1

25A greedy man stirs up conflict, 1 but the one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:20Walk with wise people and you will be wise, 1 but the companion of fools will suffer harm. 1

Proverbs 19:26The one who robs his father and chases his mother away 1 is a son who brings shame and reproach. 1

Proverbs 28:7He who keeps the law is a son who has understanding, 1 but one who is a companion of gluttons shames his father. 1

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:24

23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. Note, 1. Flatterers may please those for a time who, upon second thoughts, will detest and despise them. If ever they come to be convinced of the evil of those sinful courses they were flattered in, and to be ashamed of the pride and vanity which were humoured and gratified by those flatteries, they will hate the fawning flatterers as having had an ill design upon them, and the fulsome flatteries as having had an… Read the whole commentary →

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