God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 19:26
26A son who assaults his father ⌞and⌟ who drives away his mother brings shame and disgrace.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and reproach.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother Is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
Context of Proverbs 19:26
24A lazy person puts his fork in his food. He doesn’t even bring it back to his mouth. 25Strike a mocker, and a gullible person may learn a lesson. Warn an understanding person, and he will gain more knowledge. A son who assaults his father ⌞and⌟ who drives away his mother brings shame and disgrace. 27If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge. 28A worthless witness mocks justice, and the mouths of wicked people swallow up trouble.
Read all of Proverbs 19Proverbs 19:26 word by word
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 his father happy, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
- Proverbs 17:25A foolish son is a heartache to his father and bitter grief to his mother.
- Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father since you are his son, and do not despise your mother because she is old.
- Proverbs 28:14Blessed is the one who is always fearful ⌞of sin⌟, but whoever is hard-hearted falls into disaster.
- Proverbs 30:11A certain kind of person curses his father and does not bless his mother.
- Deuteronomy 21:18Parents might have a stubborn and rebellious son who doesn’t obey them. Even though they punish him, he still won’t listen to them.
- Luke 15:12The younger son said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the property.’ So the father divided his property between his two sons.
- Proverbs 10:5Whoever gathers in the summer is a wise son. Whoever sleeps at harvest time brings shame.
- Proverbs 17:2A wise slave will become master over a son who acts shamefully, and he will share the inheritance with the brothers.
- Proverbs 28:7Whoever follows ⌞God’s⌟ teachings is a wise son. Whoever associates with gluttons disgraces 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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