Proverbs 19:26

He that tormenteth his father, and fleeth from his mother, shall be full of evil fame (or shall be full of shame), and shall be cursed.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

In Context

25When a man full of pestilence is beaten, a fool shall be the wiser, ( if he will but learn from his example, or from his experience). (But) If thou blamest a wise man, he shall understand (the) teaching.

27Son, cease thou not to hear teaching; and know thou the words of knowing. (My son, cease thou not to listen to instruction; and understand thou words of knowledge.)

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Cross References

Proverbs 10:1The parables of Solomon. A wise son maketh glad his father; but a fond son is the sorrow of his mother. ( The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh his father happy; but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.)

Proverbs 17:2A wise servant shall be lord of fond sons; and he shall part heritage among brethren. (A wise servant shall be lord over his master’s foolish sons and daughters; and in time he shall have part of the inheritance, along with the brothers and the sisters.)

Proverbs 23:22Hear thy father, that begat thee, (or Listen to thy father, who begat thee); and despise not thy mother, when she is eld.

Proverbs 28:14Blessed is the man, which is ever dreadful; but he that is of hard heart, shall fall into evil. (Blessed is the person, who is ever fearful of the Lord or who is always reverential toward the Lord; but he who hath a hard heart, shall fall into evil.)

Proverbs 30:11(There is) A generation that curseth his father, and that blesseth not his mother. (There be people who curse their fathers, and do not bless their mothers.)

Luke 15:12and the younger of them said to the father [or and the younger said to his father], Father, give me the portion of (the) chattel [or of (the) substance] that falleth to me. And he parted to them the chattel [or the substance], (or And he divided the goods 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 →

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