Proverbs 19:26
He who robs his father and drives away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
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27If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
Proverbs 17:2A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance amongst the brothers.
Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 28:14Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.
Luke 15:12The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ So he divided his livelihood between them.
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 →