New King James Version
Proverbs 19:26
26He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother Is a son who causes shame and brings 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.
- 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 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
24A lazy man buries his hand in the bowl, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. 25Strike a scoffer, and the simple will become wary; Rebuke one who has understanding, and he will discern knowledge. He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother Is a son who causes shame and brings reproach. 27Cease listening to instruction, my son, And you will stray from the words of knowledge. 28A disreputable 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 son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of 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 begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
- Proverbs 28:14Happy is the man who is always reverent, But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
- Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curses its father, And does not bless its mother.
- 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 who, when they have chastened him, will not heed them,
- Luke 15:12And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.’ So he divided to them his livelihood.
- Proverbs 10:5He who gathers in summer is a wise son; He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
- Proverbs 17:2A wise servant will rule over a son who causes shame, And will share an inheritance among the brothers.
- Proverbs 28:7Whoever keeps the law is a discerning son, 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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