New English Translation
Proverbs 19:26
26The one who robs his father and chases away his mother is a son who 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
24The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth! 25Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge. The one who robs his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace. 27If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge. 28A crooked witness scorns 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 child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.
- Proverbs 17:25A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.
- Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
- Proverbs 28:14Blessed is the one who is always cautious, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into evil.
- Proverbs 30:11There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
- Deuteronomy 21:18If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,
- Luke 15:12The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them.
- Proverbs 10:5The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during the harvest is a son who brings shame to himself.
- Proverbs 17:2A servant who acts wisely will rule over an heir who behaves shamefully, and will share the inheritance along with the relatives.
- Proverbs 28:7The one who keeps the law is a discerning child, but a companion of gluttons brings shame to his parents.
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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