Proverbs 19:26
He that destroyeth his father, or chaseth away his mother, is a lewde and shamefull childe.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
27My sonne, heare no more the instruction, that causeth to erre from ye words of knowledge.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1THE PARABLE OF SALOMON. A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.
Proverbs 17:2A discrete seruant shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and hee shall deuide the heritage among the brethren.
Proverbs 23:22Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.
Proverbs 28:14Blessed is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart, shall fall into euill.
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doeth not blesse their mother.
Luke 15:12And the yonger of them sayde to his father, Father, giue mee the portion of the goods that falleth to mee. So he deuided vnto them his substance.
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 →