English Standard Version
Proverbs 19:26
26He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and reproach.
Proverbs 19:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother Is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Children who mistreat their father or chase away their mother are an embarrassment and a public disgrace.
Context of Proverbs 19:26
24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth. 25Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge. He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and reproach. 27Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge. 28A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
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מְֽשַׁדֶּד־אָ֭ב יַבְרִ֣יחַ אֵ֑ם בֵּ֝֗ן מֵבִ֥ישׁ וּמַחְפִּֽיר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 19:26
- Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
- Proverbs 17:25A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
- Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
- Proverbs 28:14Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
- Proverbs 30:11There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
- Deuteronomy 21:18"If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them,
- Luke 15:12And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.' And he divided his property between them.
- Proverbs 10:5He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.
- Proverbs 17:2A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
- Proverbs 28:7The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.
Commentaries on Proverbs 19:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26He that wasteth his father - Destroys his substance by riotous or extravagant living, so as to embitter his latter end by poverty and affliction; and adds to this wickedness the expulsion of his aged widowed mother from the paternal house; is a son of shame - a most shameful man; and a son of reproach - one whose conduct cannot be sufficiently execrated. Who tormentith the fader, and fleeth the modir, schenful schal ben, and unblisful - Old MS. Bible. The…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Or, A son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach, is one that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26Verse 26 The young man who wastes his father's substance, or makes his aged mother destitute, is hateful, and will come to disgrace.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26See Exodus 20:12; 21:15, 17.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. Unfilial conduct often condemned (Pr 17:21-25; 20:20; De 21:18, 21).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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